• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    The problem is, people rarely view their own representative as the problem (as long as it’s who they voted for). So if a republican view sees the country going to shut during a republican administration, at best, they’ll think it’s a bunch of other Republican reps that are messing things up for the person they chose.

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      19 hours ago

      Im southern. I absolutely view my congressmen and senators as a problem.

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      18 hours ago

      This country is gerrymandered as shit. A lot of people do view “their” representative as part of the problem, but what recourse do they have when decades of political gamesmanship has made their votes no longer count?