More accurately, a simple majority of people get the representatives they deserve. All the other voters and non-voters are stuck with the simple majority's decision. The 17th amendment makes the situation even worse. That's one of the major bits of legislation that needs to be repealed.
Somehow I think we would end up with 99 percent the same Senators if the state legislatures picked them. And the one we wouldn't have elected would be Ron Paul's son.
