Out of the House

Politics isn’t my usual fare. Still.
Delving into the world of American politics and its constitution one fact caught my eye. It concerned the term that a House of Representative member serves: two years. Two years? Even a non-political follower like me knows that this is quite a small amount of time to be in power. There’s not much you can do in two years. Four years seems to be the average length globally for general elections and stuff like that. Four years is plenty of time for policies and plans to bear fruit. And if not- Goodbye, you’re out.

A two-year term means that if you want to be re-elected you spend most of your time on the campaign trail. Continue reading “Out of the House”