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Study: 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.us)
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[-] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Representatives chosen by sortition like jury duty would be more representative compared to what we currently have, and that's such a wild thought.

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