Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy-(Part Ten) Term Of State Delegate

Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy-(Part Ten) Term Of State Delegate

Since the lower house of the state legislature is based on the Population-Based Democratic Model, the term its members serve should be less than the members of the upper house of the state legislature.

After all, a member of the lower house (House Of Delegates/Assembly) is supposed to interact with their constituents more frequently and more directly than a member of the upper house(State Senate).

Due to these factors alone, the term a state delegate serves should not be the same as the term for a state senator. Four years is too long a term for a state lower house member to serve. That member becomes too aloof from the needs of their constituents, from the stated objectives of the US Constitution, and the ideals of the Founding Fathers. Too long of a term will cause that state lower house member to substitute his/her own individual will instead.

When any branch of government does too little for the People and their system of laws and policies, either individually or collectively, tyranny always is a byproduct.

A term that is too long term also means campaign donors have disproportionate influences over the activities of the elected officeholders. A longer than needed term gives an officeholder excessive and undue authority. Campaign donors are apt to invest in that.

A term that is too long will limit proper competition. Even if there are proper public platforms for candidates to express their views to their vote bank, a lesser number of properly qualified individuals will seek candidacy to an office in the state lower house if he/she realizes they have to wait a longer than needed time to run for that specific office again in case he/she loses in that election for that specific office. A longer than needed term only strengthens the incumbency, the status quo.

The term of a member of the State Delegate/Assemblymen should be decreased from its current four years to three years. A member will still have time to settle in and try to achieve the objectives that he or she campaigned on and at the same time not be too Imperialistically Democratic. Lessening a state delegates/assemblyperson's term by one year will bring those elected officeholders closer to the People without subjecting them to the "Winds Of Populism". 

The delegates/assemblypeople of the state lower chamber are supposed to carry out the "Populist Agenda". The state senators in the state upper chamber are supposed to be detached from that "Populist Agenda" and instead utilize cold-hard objectivity in upholding US Constitutional confines that serve the ideals of the People. 



Cliff Notes Version: Lower House members in the state legislature should serve a shorter term than the current four year term. They should serve 3 years since they are more directly elected. They work more closely with their constituents.