> Did you sleep through the 200 and 2016 elections, or are you confusing people with acres? Are you confusing the states with the people? The United States ar

> Did you sleep through the 200 and 2016 elections, or are you confusing people with acres? Are you confusing the states with the people? The United States are composed of the several States, and the States elected Messrs. Bush & Trump in those years. > No one has allegiances to states. They ought to. > States are subordinate entities, that pretty much subsist on the largesse of the federal government. They're basically counties. No, states are the sovereign entities which constitute the United States. The people did not ratify the constitution; the states did. Misconceptions like yours are why we should repeal the 17th Amendment, replacing it with one mandating that legislatures appoint their federal senators. Frankly, I'd love to see legislatures appoint electors, too. The people have a voice in the House; having voices in the Senate and in the Executive is too much.