[danaris]

I beg your pardon?

Re-election rates for incumbents in the US Congress are very high [0]. In the House, they haven't dropped below 80% for at least 60 years. The Senate is slightly less stable, but still way above 60% ever since Reagan was elected.

[0] https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/reelection-ra...

[rayiner]

But that’s because people like their representative. It’s everyone else’s representative they don’t like.

[BeFlatXIII]

People love wasteful spending on jobs programs.