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As I understand it House Members just like the UK's MPs win single member elections, so Bruce is literally the guy some people in Arkansas picked, he's not just

As I understand it House Members just like the UK's MPs win single member elections, so Bruce is literally the guy some people in Arkansas picked, he's not just somebody on a list picked by the Republican Party in DC. Thus it's a failure of collective democratic responsibility if you're not picking the people you actually want. My friends lived in Vauxhall when Kate Hoey was its MP, which again makes no sense. Kate is pro-gun, anti-gay, anti-Europe even on a good day her interests don't align well with those of Vauxhall voters. So the way Kate was winning those elections is that she's the Labour candidate (was, she left of course because she's a terrible fit) and those voters are voting for the party symbol not the candidate. This is how your representative democracy rots from the inside.

Aerroon 2y ago
I actually had this dilemma when I last voted. I was deciding on who to vote for. I liked through all the political parties and picked one. I liked the overall party platform. I liked the first and second candidate in my district, but the third candidate's description on the party website read like a caricature of an online radical feminist. (She seemed so out of place for the party because she had recently switched parties.) I debated whether I should even vote for the party, because I did not want her to get elected. After looking at some previous results and electoral math I realized that it's very unlikely that she could get elected.
dylan604 2y ago
I think maybe you're misinterpreting what I've stated. I'm only saying that the national party is picking from the list of current congress critters to propose trial balloons. However, the national party will help someone get elected if they feel it is a race that needs the extra attention.
- tialaramex 2y ago
  You acted as though nobody knows who this guy is. I doubt that, but if it's true that is itself a problem, regardless of which bills he did or did not propose/ vote for/ etc and that was my point. You should know who your representative is, even if you vehemently disagree with them on most topics - a party in possibly distant DC is too big to get your head around, your representative is just a person, like you, and given how important their role is you should make sure you have some idea who they are.
  - lamontcg 2y ago
    He's being hyperbolic because Arkansas only has 4 districts and the local residents probably know him [and he's a "local boy" from Hot Springs, Arkansas, so he's likely pretty popular]. But his district isn't the 2nd which is most of Little Rock, or the 3rd which is Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale, and Bentonville. I don't think I know any of the cities in his district.

Aerroon 2y ago

I actually had this dilemma when I last voted. I was deciding on who to vote for. I liked through all the political parties and picked one. I liked the overall party platform. I liked the first and second candidate in my district, but the third candidate's description on the party website read like a caricature of an online radical feminist. (She seemed so out of place for the party because she had recently switched parties.) I debated whether I should even vote for the party, because I did not want her to get elected. After looking at some previous results and electoral math I realized that it's very unlikely that she could get elected.

dylan604 2y ago

I think maybe you're misinterpreting what I've stated. I'm only saying that the national party is picking from the list of current congress critters to propose trial balloons. However, the national party will help someone get elected if they feel it is a race that needs the extra attention.

tialaramex 2y ago
You acted as though nobody knows who this guy is. I doubt that, but if it's true that is itself a problem, regardless of which bills he did or did not propose/ vote for/ etc and that was my point. You should know who your representative is, even if you vehemently disagree with them on most topics - a party in possibly distant DC is too big to get your head around, your representative is just a person, like you, and given how important their role is you should make sure you have some idea who they are.
- lamontcg 2y ago
  He's being hyperbolic because Arkansas only has 4 districts and the local residents probably know him [and he's a "local boy" from Hot Springs, Arkansas, so he's likely pretty popular]. But his district isn't the 2nd which is most of Little Rock, or the 3rd which is Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale, and Bentonville. I don't think I know any of the cities in his district.