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Originally Posted by Robbie
That's because those politicians bring home money from the Federal govt.
And they set up sweetheart deals with companies in their home districts.
So that sets up a voter block right there. My mom worked for the Sheriffs dept. when I was a kid. And every election year, just like clockwork...we passed out flyers, went to rallys, fundraising barbecues, etc.
Basically every employee and deputy and all of their families would be working to re-elect the Sheriff (when a new one comes in they "clean house" and bring in new people)
And for U.S. congressmen and senators it's an even bigger deal. They bring in BILLIONS of federal money to their home state. And that money is always moving to the companies who can bring in the vote. Plus as a congressman or senator gets more tenure he gets more power.
So you go to the polls and let's say your states congressman or senator has been there for 40 years. He is the head of all kinds of powerful committees. Now you deal with human nature. We all want bragging rights that "our guy" is powerful.
So if you put a new guy in he's a "junior" and some other state with a long term politician gets to take over that committee and all the money that would flow back to the state.
It's all about money and power. Which is exactly what the founding fathers tried to avoid.
Thomas Jefferson would find a tree and start hanging half of Washington D.C. if he were to be brought into present times.
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Very true. I have always said that when an election comes around people take inventory of their lives and they use that to determine how they vote. If they have a decent job, house, car etc and they are reasonably happy with their lives they tend to vote for the person that is less likely to change that even if that person will do other things that are not good. I used to work for a big tech company and every election they had our state rep and senator come in an speak and walk around to meet people. These people brought tons of money and government contracts to this company and they were not shy about letting you know it. Basically it was, "If you vote these people out we will lose some huge contracts and you will be out of a job."