return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 6 days 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-square145fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down126cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1781arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square145fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareUltragigagigantic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days 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-up7·edit-24 days 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.