Just curious

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Well considering they are re-elected over 90% of the time in free and open elections, by the citizens in the respective states, I would question the validity of this "rating"

I think it would be difficult for any person to accurately and objectively assign one "rating" to 535 completely different people.

When the re-election rate gets down to single digits, then I will believe that congress truly has a low approval rating.

With a re-election rate over 90% ( on average) it appears that citizens are quite happy with their representatives.

you wanna know WHY they get re-elected 90% of the time?

because your average joe Democrat and your average joe Republican walk up to the voting maching and punch "Straight republican" or "Straight democrat"

and thus... their fate is sealed.

and a good number of them dont have a fuc*ing clue who they just voted for.

one would be a fool if they didnt agree with the following statements...

1. "most voters dont follow politics closely"

2. "most voters dont want to see things change too much"

3. "most voters are not truly educated on the issues at hand"

that sir is a fact

and it is the reason you see so many re-election numbers.

think about that next time you go and stamp "straight democrat" or "straight republican" - do you really know how your congress person voted on the issues? does the person next to you know?