2026-11-08 21:30 UTC
In the latest episode of America at 250: Due Diligence, we chat with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack Rakove and Princeton professor Frances Lee to explore the history behind the ballot. We dive into:
๐๏ธ The Founding Fathers' debates over term lengths
๐ When U.S. Senators were finally elected by the people (1913)
๐ LBJ's failed 1966 push for four-year House terms
โ๏ธ Why midterms act as a powerful check on the presidency
https://newsguy.substack.com/p/why-do-we-vote-every-two-years?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza 2026-11-08 23:53
@newsguyusa@flipboard.social Too bad you didn't have time to touch on the history of apportionment, why we have a cap on the number of congressional seats.