The authors intended audience would
be anyone who is eligible to votes and congressmen, because once congressmen
are elected all the worry about is re-elections. Not giving enough attention to
bigger problems in the nation.
The author believes that midterm elections
should be cancelled. He says they don’t let politicians / members of congress
do their job correctly. If the member always has to worry about being
re-elected, he’s never really focusing entirely on his job to represent all the
people he has to.
The author proposes to extend the term of a
house member from 2 to 4 years and the term of a senator to either 4 or 8
years. Therefore the members would be elected during the presidential
elections. The author states that by doing this “members of Congress [will
have] the ability to focus more time and energy on governance instead of
electioneering.”
Personally I agree with the author.
The representatives shouldn't have to worry so much about being re-elected all the
time. It would be perfect to elect representatives every time the presidential
elections are going on. People would be more willing to vote for people of
congress and house since it’s convenient.
Sometimes two years isn't enough to
accomplish a lot. For example immigration
that would take a long time to figure out. If the members change every two
years, then maybe the new members won’t agree with the seeing of the old
members and they will never agree on anything. Two years isn't enough to
accomplish almost everything.
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