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The point was that if you can't answer, many others can't either. And all of their votes can make a difference. Even the people who turn out for Presidential e
by azernik 11y ago
The point was that if you can't answer, many others can't either. And all of their votes can make a difference.
Even the people who turn out for Presidential elections (when their votes arguably make the least difference) usually don't know enough and their legislative representatives to make an informed decision, and tend not to show up for the off-year elections when it's only those offices up.
- lloyd-christmas 11y ago> and tend not to show up for the off-year elections when it's only those offices up In 2014, Senator Jeff Sessions R-Ala. was "elected" without an opponent. In that same year, 32 other Representatives were "elected" without any opposition, my own Representative included. 28 more didn't have a "major party" opponent. That means ~14% of all Representatives had little or no competition.
- mikeash 11y agoI thought the point was that we're supposed to know the names of all these people and that this somehow helps.