Term Limits Won't Fix Congress — Here's What Might

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The idea of term limiting congressional representatives tends to poll well, but — in practice — the idea probably wouldn't reduce extreme partisanship or curb outside influence. But there are some ideas, like multi-member districts and reforms to primary elections, that could make a big difference.

This episode: congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, voting correspondent Ashley Lopez and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.

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1:08.1	I'm Ashley Lopez, I cover voting.
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