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dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/es_AR
dc.contributor.authorElhauge, Eineres_AR
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-23T17:36:03Z
dc.date.available2024-08-23T17:36:03Z
dc.date.issued1999-02
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/12983
dc.description.abstractWe already have term limits on legislators; they're called elections. So why don't we just throw the bums out?" Instead, voters simultaneously cast their ballots for senior incumbents and for term limits. They do so for two primary reasons: seniority clout and barriers to entry. No district wants to unilaterally cede the power it has, and there may be no viable alternative on the ballot. All districts have to collectively agree to tum out their senior incumbents to solve the collective problem of unrepresentative legislators. Term limits further important values of democratic equality and freedom. Legislative term limits reduce inequalities in legislative power across districts and over time. More important, term limits (on incumbents in general) make democratic choice far freer. Term limits solve a collective action problem and lessen the seniority penalty that makes it difficult for districts to oust ideologically unsatisfactory incumbents. And term limits reduce barriers to entry that discourage challengers and thus limit ballot options. Any furthering of those values furthers core democratic objectives. Term limits are particularly vital at a time when 99 percent of congressional incumbents who have spent more than six years in office are reelected. The arguments against term limits, while not illogical, tum out to be so weak in fact or mixed in theory that none can rebut the strong argument that term limits will enhance the ability of electorates to have their views represented by their elected officials.es_AR
dc.description.sponsorshipEste Documento forma parte de la serie Working Papers (ISSN 0327-9588), publicada por la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella entre 1993 y 2001es_AR
dc.format.extent36 p.es_AR
dc.format.mediumapplication/pdfes_AR
dc.languageenges_AR
dc.publisherUniversidad Torcuato Di Tellaes_AR
dc.relation.ispartofWorking Papers (ISSN: 0327-9588)es_AR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_AR
dc.subjectSistema electorales_AR
dc.subjectElectoral Systemes_AR
dc.subjectDemocraciaes_AR
dc.subjectDemocracyes_AR
dc.titleWhat term limits do tha ordinary voting cannotes_AR
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperes_AR
dc.subject.keywordTerm limitses_AR
dc.subject.keywordLímites de madatoes_AR
dc.subject.keywordReelecciónes_AR
dc.subject.keywordRe-electiones_AR
dc.subject.keywordLegislative Poweres_AR
dc.subject.keywordSistema legislativoes_AR
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_AR


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