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The problem is when you're talking about representatives it becomes impossible to vote out some bum once he has some seniority with a proportional system. Only
by jandrese 3y ago
The problem is when you're talking about representatives it becomes impossible to vote out some bum once he has some seniority with a proportional system. Only the low man on the totem pole is ever really in danger. It means the parties will fossilize around the old codgers.
Granted, that's what gerrymandering is intended to accomplish as well, but at least with a district based system you can in theory vote a specific guy out. It also means you have one guy you can turn to if you have a grievance, it's not a big blob of a party for your voice to get lost in.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoI asked my house rep about some legislation they supported and they basically told me to fuck off. I'm in a safe district so there is absolutely nothing I can do to oppose them. You get rid of bums in proportional representation by voting for a different party. Individual politicians matter less in that system anyway, so it really just comes down to whether you agree with the party apparatus as a whole.