The house members should not have to live in DC in this high tech world. It should be part time job meeting in session every year for 4 months at a time. The senate should be full time by term limited.
“If they did their job they would be popular and not have to raise so much money.”
All political donation is ultimately meant to sway the swayable. The last time 65% of eligible voters turned out was 1908. It hasn’t cracked that since, often being only 50-55% or so. If a campaign can sway the dumbest 10% or so of voters, they win. The ones that vote one way and then another and can usually give no cogent reason as to why, the so called ‘swing voters.’
So we have a system where the dumbest voters actually decide elections by being swayed. The problem is I think if more people voted it would only really increase the % of the swayable.
Freegards