return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agoStudy: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.act.represent.usexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down127
arrow-up1797arrow-down1external-linkStudy: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.act.represent.usreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareUltragigagigantic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoIf we replaced first past the post voting with a more representative electoral system, we could inject competition into the electoral process. Then maybe they would have to care.
minus-squareJentu@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoRepresentatives chosen by sortition like jury duty would be more representative compared to what we currently have, and that’s such a wild thought.
If we replaced first past the post voting with a more representative electoral system, we could inject competition into the electoral process.
Then maybe they would have to care.
Representatives chosen by sortition like jury duty would be more representative compared to what we currently have, and that’s such a wild thought.