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   Message 43,002 of 44,666   
   M I Wakefield to All   
   Re: Why Congress should require its memb   
   05 Mar 21 21:24:34   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.usa.republican, alt.politics   
   XPost: alt.politics.democrats   
   From: none@present.com   
      
   On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 15:36:32 -0800, Rudy Canoza    
   wrote:   
      
   >Political polarization is spurring partisans to extremes, but there’s a simple   
   >change Congress could make to reverse this alarming trend: mandate that its   
   >members be elected by a majority of votes.   
      
   Even simpler:  Bust gerrymandering.   
      
   That way, moderates, that have to appeal to both sides, can get   
   elected.   
      
   As it stands for a lot of politicians, the toughest race is winning   
   the primary.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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