Anyone who managed to stay awake during their classes in high school knows how members of Congress are selected. People who wish to run for office set up campaigns and the parties hold primary races to determine candidates. Then a general election is held and the person with the most votes is sworn in at the beginning of the next session. So how’s that been working out? According to many, not all that well, really. With that in mind, Rasmussen has once again asked the public if we might be better off if we just randomly selected people out of the phone book and sent them to Washington. The largest majority in the history of this survey (54%) said that randomly selected members would probably do a better job. Let’s hope the current crew in DC is paying attention to these results.
Only one-in-five voters think members of Congress listen to their constituents, and a majority say a…
