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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute
Exactly. If citizens are unhappy, vote out the incumbant. It's a very simple solution.
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A solution so simple that 99% of incumbents won in the US House in 2004, despite public opinion polls that said that a majority of Americans thought Congress was doing a bad job.
In 2006, 94% of House incumbents won.
Here is an interesting article on the topic:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pressrele...ction.11.8.asp