Question

how did the 17th amendment affect a change that more closely matched the original goals of the framers

Answer 1

2 senates from each state when they first voted for senates they did it wrong so it affected the whole change of voting for a senate.

Answer 2

The Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States establishes the direct election of the United States Senate by popular vote. The amendment replaces Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which the Senate was elected by state legislatures. It also alters the method of replacing vacancies in the Senate, because it is consistent with the method of choice. The amendment was adopted in April 1913.