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Originally Posted by Bucco
We have a President who has approval ratings that in one short year are almost as low as a President who was in for 8 years and led us into an unpopular war.......a congress approaching historical low approval ratings.....passing a bill that the majority of Americans do NOT want....using methods that are questionable for sure....how is this happening ?
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That's easy, Bucco.
We keep sending the same people back to Congress every election. The re-election rate is well above 90% because most people say, "...my members of Congress are OK and vote the way I want them to. I'll vote to re-elect them." They say that it's all those other yo-yo's in Congress that are the problem.
The Republican candidates will be returned to office by voters in the more conservative districts and states, and the reverse will be true in the liberal constituencies. Both the guy who called the President a liar in open Congress as well as the hated Nancy Pelosi will both be re-elected for exactly that reason. Their constituents think they're doing great. The problem is that they're part of an institution that doesn't work, and hasn't worked for the benefit of the country for several decades.
I know I won't say that or vote that way. But I'll bet you a dollar to a donut that when the curtain on the voting booths close in November, that the majority of voters will re-elect the same people who are there now. And we can look forward to another 2-4 years of what we've had for the last several Congresses.