ERROR: "Senators Have Always Been Popularly Elected"
This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.
State
The claim that senators have always been elected by the people is false: state legislatures originally chose them, until the Seventeenth Amendment.
Show
Gov 042's lookup met this exact history — the annotation flags the 1913 change.
Watch for
The original design made the Senate answer to state governments, not voters.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.