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By raising voice, I mean actually voting as their base asks to. Not gonna happen in a two party system where their careers are at stake.
by nine_zeros 6y ago
By raising voice, I mean actually voting as their base asks to. Not gonna happen in a two party system where their careers are at stake.
- jfengel 6y agoThe base asks via their votes. If they re-elect the legislator, the legislator will continue to vote the same way. Most legislators have high approval ratings among their constituents, and practically unanimous among their party in their district. It's always other people's legislators who are the problem.
- nine_zeros 6y ago> The base asks via their votes. If they re-elect the legislator, the legislator will continue to vote the same way. No. People are left voting for their representatives from a set of 2. With this, most people vote for one because they hate the other and not because they like their policies. In terms of representative democracy, American two party system is just infantile.