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are senators in USA a lifetime position?
by garba_dlm 3y ago
are senators in USA a lifetime position?
- cableshaft 3y agoNo term limits, but they have to be re-elected every 6 years. She kept voting the way the majority of the people in her state wanted to, so she kept getting re-elected (presumably).
- dfxm12 3y agoDon't discount the huge advantage incumbents have, both in campaign contributions [0] and name recognition. 0 - https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/incumbent-advantage?cycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/incumbent-adv...
- cableshaft 3y agoI'm not. But do you think they'd still have that incumbent advantage if they consistently voted against their party's interests (I should also clarify that with "and were honest about it, not lying through their teeth and claiming otherwise"). And even then, they wouldn't keep getting major donor funding if they weren't voting in those people's interests, incumbent or no.
- dfxm12 3y agoYes.
- bombcar 3y agoThere have been a few cases of incumbents changing party (ignoring the "I'm totally independent guys even though I caucus with one party incredibly reliably" ones) to follow their voters. In general "I'll only ever vote X party" is the same as "I don't care who at all".
- kylebenzle 3y agoNo, but yes.
- bwalks 3y agoNo they have six year terms
- njovin 3y agoThis is true, but they are also re-elected at a rate of ~80% with no term limits on re-election (2022 saw a 100% re-election rate for Senators despite congress having a 75% disapproval rating at the time). Hooray for the 2-party system.
- dfxm12 3y agoEveryone thinks their senators are working for them. It's just the other 98 that's they disapprove of :D
- NDizzle 3y ago[flagged]
- NDizzle 3y agoFor those downvoting this, Feinstein hasn't been functional for a decade, yet still got elected. Twice.
- jeffbee 3y agoSF has 2% of the population of California and senate is a statewide election. The real problem for the democratic organization in California is that Feinstein cruised to reelection because the only challenger was Kevin De León, a career criminal. The state party needs to examine why it doesn't have a bench of credible candidates.
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