Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.

  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think term limits would be 90% effective. That and fixing gerrymandered districts. How many of those old folks in the House have been cruising to easy reelection due to rigged voting districts? Limit the House to 5 terms and the Senate to 2 terms. That’s a maximum of 22 years someone could be a federal elected politician excluding the presidency. That’s more than enough time to leave their mark on the country.

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        1 year ago

        I think no gerrymandering would absolutely nuke the red presence. Honestly looking at how bad the district maps are it’s insane it’s even gotten that far.

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          1 year ago

          The only way to eliminate gerrymandering is to eliminate geographically-defined congressional districts.

          I think we should empanel our congressional delegation in statewide elections. I also think we shouldn’t have 435 votes in the house. I think we should have one vote for each person in the country. I think each representative should cast one vote for each actual person they represent.

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        1 year ago

        Term limits, no gerrymandering, ranked choice voting, and more than two political parties.

        We already have more than two parties, its just almost nobody votes for them. With rank choice voting they’ll be more visible than they are today.

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          1 year ago

          Certainly, but they’re not given the same slice as D and R. Laws should help balance the scales.