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Aging Politicians Are Only Going To Get More Common | FiveThirtyEight
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Term limits just ensure the incumbent doesn't care about their last term. If they do a good job and the incoming candidates look lousy, they should be allowed to continue. Want to really make a difference? Get money out of politics. Big corporate donations and mega media are what drives the campaigns, including who gets on the ballot in the first place, not the voters.
Direct democracy with real-time vote retraction, even better.
If an incumbent doesn't care about their last term, get them out, now. Can't take money completely out of politics, but can reduce its weight significantly.
The flip side is good politicians that don't need to care about reelection can do the right thing instead of the thing that would be most likely to get them elected.
Term limits doesn't have to be 2 terms. We also don't want all our politicians to lack experience. We have a minimum age limit. We could also have a max.