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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
Episode: Battleground States and Term Limits
Description: A "battleground state" in a US election is a state where either candidate might win depending on the appeal to voters and for whom the majority votes. This is the essence of democracy. Shouldn't every state be a "battleground state"?
The same should apply to Congressional and Senate Seats. We have Senators serving longer than many European monarchs. Will people with that kind of sinecure ever vote term limits for themselves. Let me go out on a limb and say, "Never!"
The European monarchies were cast aside by democracies. We seem to be going in the opposite direction, with democracy...