[Salon] Congress is getting old because they've turned elections into rubber stamps



https://x.com/profstonge/status/1870716738364645701

Congress is getting old because they've turned elections into rubber stamps.

 97% of incumbents were re-elected this year. That would give an expected congressional tenure of... 67 years

https://x.com/mike95589/status/1870846558998266235

97% of incumbents re-elected while Congress has under a 15% approval rating. So I guess we need term limits because the citizens can't be bothered to vote them out ?

https://x.com/danmelsonauthor/status/1870718184514552214

The culprit is gerrymanders, not lack of term limits.  The districts are designed to NOT be competitive.

Shortest total district boundaries consistent with equal population.  Period.

https://x.com/TimWouters13/status/1870740053762408769

This is the very definition of ‘the swamp’. Presidents being confined to max 8 years while everyone around them can make a lifetime career out of politics and regulatory bureaucracy. Including the revolving door alternatives in the ‘private’ sector.




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