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The only people that your representative listens to is the ones that fill their political war chest with a lot of money.
by ratsmack 5y ago
The only people that your representative listens to is the ones that fill their political war chest with a lot of money.
- calsy 5y agoSo how does someone remain elected if they don't listen to their constituents?
- thebigman433 5y agoGenerally by massively outspending opponents in the primary.
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- refurb 5y agoNo, this is just the cynic HN perspective and an excuse to do nothing about it.
- thebigman433 5y agoI dont think its cynical at all, as someone who has done some work for political campaigns, follows them closely, and studies them. Incumbents keep power within their own party by generally massively outspending their primary opponents, making it extremely rare for them to lose in the primary. The only real exceptions to this recently have been Dem stronghold incumbents losing to progressives. After that, its just whether or not the incumbent can defend against the opposition party in the general election. Primaries are generally where the biggest changes are made, and are also where its the hardest to oust the incumbent. Its not cynical, nor an excuse.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoIf true, then we need to convince those people to complain about this. And of course, we may actually be some of those people.