There is a good list of states that have term limits. California is a bad example because of how locked in the population votes plus there is a revolving gubernatorial system of four families.
On a federal level, limits would have a better chance of evening the playing field due to the mix of red states and blue. There would be more accountability due to targets on people’s backs.
Our current federal no term limits is already driving the country into communism. I’d say that having no term limits is a communist trick. The name recognition of current incumbents is a real thing with studies done showing the effects on ease of reelection, plus once in they are pushed by the party leaders to keep fund raising going and so long as they can perform they stay in.
The only solution that we have right now is term limits. You can vote for who you want, but they’ll have a limit on them just like with the presidency.
The name recognition of current incumbents is a real thing with studies done showing the effects on ease of reelection
That's how it should be. If people recognize a name and still want to elect them, that's all the better than gambling on a name they haven't heard before. What you want to do is outlaw people from voting for who they want to vote for because you don't like who they vote for. There's no way to frame that as anything but communist.
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