Staggered Elections: Continuous Democracy Versus Jerky Politicians

Automobile transmissions have improved over the years. Initially, cars had no transmissions or a two-speed box. For smooth acceleration, a two-speed transmission is jerky compared to a four- or five-speed transmission. However, the latter transmission is not as smooth as a "continuous ratio" transmission; there are no jerks at all. If civilization is to accelerate away from problems, it needs fewer jerks in the human problem-solving process.

The whole rationale behind the overlapping terms of Senators was to provide smooth continuity in the national problem-solving process. Over the years, this rationale suffered demise at the hands of the mutually monopolizing major political parties.

For smoother transitions in the Senate, electing one or two Senators each month would give "continuous ratio" democracy. Thus, in 72 months or six years, the 100 Senators would appear and disappear on a continuous, smooth basis. An end to the massive problems of election-year jerks and economics would quickly come. The cost would be less.

The House needs a similar election process. The 435 Congressional Representatives serve two-year or twenty-four month stints. Election-year landslides wipe out the national problem-solving process. If we elected a few representatives each month, more benefits of democracy would appear. More specifically, electing Representatives each month would provide smooth democracy rather than politicized election-year jerks (21 x 24 = 501)

Staggered elections would provide a smoother transition of national policy-making power, and would eliminate the feudal seniority that compromises the national well-being for the incumbents' special interests.

A benefit of staggered election is that more scrutiny can be exacted on candidates. The gangbang nature of all elections at the same time makes it hard to discern the individual players. A lot of corruption gets hidden just by the sheer mass of election activities.(It echos how the information showing an imminent attack on Pearl Harbor was lost among the deluge of false warnings on other locations.)

If United States is to survive, we must stop the bi-annual financial robbery of America by habitual politicians for their campaign contributors. Timism's zero-cost primaries is part of the solution, getting money* out of elections by using brainbees. Another necessity is staggered elections.

Staggered US Congressional Elections
to Decrease Election-Year Habitual Politics
and Election-Year Economic Jerks
04-09-2004 @ 08:08:11

*In the 2024 US elections, about $20 billion was spent with 154 million votes being cast. That is $129 per vote. That is a lot of unnecessary CO2 generation that is killing our future.

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