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===Direct Election of Senators===

===Direct Election of Senators===

The direct election of senators(which later became the 17th amendment) was an important initiative for progressives of the era, with Roosevelt being among the supporters of the idea. He spoke frequently<ref>{{cite book |first1=Theodore |last1=Roosevelt |title=Who is a Progressive? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA809 |pages=8–9, 15 |date=April 3, 1912 }}</ref> on the campaign trail<ref>{{cite book |first1=Theodore |last1=Roosevelt |title=A Charter of Democracy: Address by Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-president of the United States, Before the Ohio Constitutional Convention on February 21, 1912 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qb4ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9 |year=1912 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=9 }}</ref> about the issue, and it is included in the platform of the Bull Moose Party.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Theodore |last1=Roosevelt |title=Progressive Principles: Selections from Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLYJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA315 |year=1913 |publisher=Progressive national service |pages=315 }}</ref>

The direct election of senators(which later became the [[17th amendment]]) was an important initiative for progressives of the era, with Roosevelt being among the supporters of the idea. He spoke frequently<ref>{{cite book |first1=Theodore |last1=Roosevelt |title=Who is a Progressive? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA809 |pages=8–9, 15 |date=April 3, 1912 }}</ref> on the campaign trail<ref>{{cite book |first1=Theodore |last1=Roosevelt |title=A Charter of Democracy: Address by Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-president of the United States, Before the Ohio Constitutional Convention on February 21, 1912 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qb4ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9 |year=1912 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=9 }}</ref> about the issue, and it is included in the platform of the Bull Moose Party.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Theodore |last1=Roosevelt |title=Progressive Principles: Selections from Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLYJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA315 |year=1913 |publisher=Progressive national service |pages=315 }}</ref>

==Conservative or liberal?==

==Conservative or liberal?==