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cfc9elc asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Why do we keep electing the same legislators?

This goes for both democrats and republicans. If the congress has an approval rating of 18% then why do we keep electing the same people to go back to Washington?

If an incumbent President had that low of an approval rating there would be no way we would re-elect him/her. But for some reason we don't use that same logic for senators and congressmen.

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  • JB
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Because they have name recognition!

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, this is what happens when we only want "experienced' people to hold office...

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