Poll: 63 Percent of Americans Would Vote to Abolish Electoral College
75 percent would also vote for term limits
PRINCETON, NJ -- Even after the 2012 election in which Americans re-elected most of the sitting members of the U.S. House and Senate -- as is typical in national elections -- three-quarters of Americans say that, given the opportunity, they would vote "for" term limits for members of both houses of Congress.
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Well then, I guess it's a good thing we're not a democracy, isn't it?
The operative political genius of Jefferson/Madison impresses me more with every passing day.