Three Senators from each State

Article I Section 3 of the United States Constitution states:
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State.
Suppose the specification had been three Senators from each State.
 
Assuming that history develops roughly like OTL, it would lead to there being Senate elections in every state in every even-numbered year, which would change the dynamics somewhat.
 
The key for such a system is to have two senators for the party who wins the election and one for the second party. It can sensibly change the composition of the Upper House
 
Why would there be 3 Senators specified in the first place?
The senators thing is based on the then current Westminster process of 2 MPs per constituency.

Honestly LeopoldPhilippe your WI questions are getting a little spammy. You'd get more responses if you ask "How can Y happen in situation X" rather than repeatedly asking "Whatif Y".
 
The reason they choose two over three was to make it explicit that they were voting as individuals, rather than as a delegation.
 
Assuming that history develops roughly like OTL, it would lead to there being Senate elections in every state in every even-numbered year, which would change the dynamics somewhat.
This makes the most sense for how it would be organized. Every state would have a Class I, Class II, and Class III senator. I'm not sure how much of a difference this would make before popular election of Senators is instituted though.
 
This makes the most sense for how it would be organized. Every state would have a Class I, Class II, and Class III senator. I'm not sure how much of a difference this would make before popular election of Senators is instituted though.

In the current environment it would probably make the waves even bigger.
 
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