In Trump’s first term, grassroots Democrats focused their ire on the Republican president. But now, after President Joe Biden’s reluctance to step aside in 2024 at age 81 helped pave the way for Trump’s return to the White House, many see their party’s own veterans as part of the problem.
I think if politics are overhauled, we should have political stations as a career track, with term limits at every level. Each term lasts four years, and each level has two terms if elections are won. However, losing an election reduces the number of terms you can have at a level. So if you suck and lose two elections at a rung, you don’t have any more terms for it.
In effect, a quick political ascension can be a trap of sorts: Greedy politicians have fewer opportunities to accumulate power and set down lasting roots, and voters will see these politicians avoiding the responsibilities of lower stations. People are more likely to vote for someone who sticks around for two whole terms.