re: A perverse effect of term limits - something to discuss

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i am very worried about the unintended consequences of term limits. its scary how they think they could be fixing a problem, but in reality you make it significantly worse

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I think gerrymandering districts has done more to harm government than term limits.

We separate voters into two distinct camps and then then tell the candidates they vote in office to go after the other side. Candidates hardly work for the votes of the opposing party because their districts are either very red or very blue for the most part.

Often case districts use to be drawn based on geography and thus had the same economic interests, but when you see districts drawn strictly on party or racial lines you find that's no longer the case.

Look at La.'s congressional districts currently, and you'll see there's little logic to half of them.

Candidates don't work together because they are opposites. Few are sent to work with the other side.