Writer Gary Gindler makes the point that I've been trying to get across to people for years: > Before answering this question, let us note that, contrary to popular misconception, the President of the United States is not a representative of the American people. State legislators and governors are representatives of the people, and at the federal level so are the members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress. (Currently, senators are also representatives of the people, but before the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913, they were appointed by state legislators). So, who does the President of America represent? > **The President of the United States of America, according to the Constitution, represents state legislators' interests and no one else.**