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> following democratic processes to achieve the desired ends That has been failing for a while now. Congressional approval is in the 20% range, much lower than

> following democratic processes to achieve the desired ends That has been failing for a while now. Congressional approval is in the 20% range, much lower than even Trump's. An odd fact never mentioned in the media. The U.S. is toast if it can't reverse Citizen's United.

tdb7893 2y ago
Political pundits for major outlets (538, New York Times, Washington Post) reference this constantly. It's mentioned all the time in media to the point where when people talk about congressional approval I turn my brain off because I know they'll say some version of "congressional approval is low but people generally approve of their congressman".
mrguyorama 2y ago
>Congressional approval is in the 20% range You should actually look into this. Approval of congress as a whole is low, but most actual senators and house reps have high approval ratings and get re-elected. Democracy is working just fine, it's congress who isn't. If you want to understand why, just ask Republicans what their platform and policy towards cooperation has been for decades. Go watch CSPAN from the 80s and 90s. Republicans and Democrats used to build coalitions to get things done. You would have "pro" and "anti" sides that crossed state borders, political parties, ideologies, generations. If there is a problem with the legislature it's pretty much directly attributable to Republican voters continuing to elect Republican congresspeople who take it as a rule to never ever ever compromise for anything. Multiple times, Republican senators have voted down a bill that they provided support for explicitly because "doing something" to fix the relevant problem would make the Democrat admin look good and functional. Mitch McConnel voted against a bill he sponsored to prevent it passing and making the democrats look good.

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> following democratic processes to achieve the desired ends That has been failing for a while now. Congressional approval is in the 20% range, much lower than

by queuebert 2y ago

tdb7893 2y ago
Political pundits for major outlets (538, New York Times, Washington Post) reference this constantly. It's mentioned all the time in media to the point where when people talk about congressional approval I turn my brain off because I know they'll say some version of "congressional approval is low but people generally approve of their congressman".
mrguyorama 2y ago
>Congressional approval is in the 20% range You should actually look into this. Approval of congress as a whole is low, but most actual senators and house reps have high approval ratings and get re-elected. Democracy is working just fine, it's congress who isn't. If you want to understand why, just ask Republicans what their platform and policy towards cooperation has been for decades. Go watch CSPAN from the 80s and 90s. Republicans and Democrats used to build coalitions to get things done. You would have "pro" and "anti" sides that crossed state borders, political parties, ideologies, generations. If there is a problem with the legislature it's pretty much directly attributable to Republican voters continuing to elect Republican congresspeople who take it as a rule to never ever ever compromise for anything. Multiple times, Republican senators have voted down a bill that they provided support for explicitly because "doing something" to fix the relevant problem would make the Democrat admin look good and functional. Mitch McConnel voted against a bill he sponsored to prevent it passing and making the democrats look good.