Only One-Third of Americans Polled Want Incumbents Returned to Congress

A new poll shows just how dissatisfied voters are with both parties: only a third of voters want their incumbents returned to Congress. The question is whether voters are ready to change the system — rather than just change the members.

I previously ran a column on reforms of the political system that go beyond campaign finance, here. I also discussed various proposed reforms on NPR with Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig in this segment.

A poll found 63 percent were in favor of throwing out their incumbents. However, while throwing out incumbents are a good idea, they are the product of a system designed to protect not just incumbents but the two-party duopoly that is strangling the life out of this country. We need to harness this anger and direct it to a more productive end, including possible constitutional amendments.

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