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Little longer

Why wait 15-20 years?

With elections every 2, 4, or 6 years, things could change very quickly.

Yeh. But the end result will be the same old fart without any real clue. Lets face it, when people vote, the majority isn't thinking about one's position on technology issues. That may or may not change in the future, but we're more likely to get candidates that are more tech savvy. Even if they win elections based on their positions on other issues, they will have the common sense that we (geeks) do. Even then, that doesn't mean they won't sell out. Like it or not, we are still the minority.

Not necessarily. Shakeups seldom have anything to do with the one that wins the election, but rather the sentiment and voting pattern of the constituents (in theory).

A sizeable vote contrary to the current trend (which is de-USianing the USA) would technically send a very loud, clear message.

Well, that, and a few hundred thousand letters.

reply to RR206
One of the problems is, no one worth electing wants to run.

Why be subject to having your entire life and family being picked to bits in the public eye in order to get a job where you're surrounded by corruption?

Only people interested in enduring that kind of torture are, for the most part, only in it for those extra bucks they know they can squeeze out of it.

The Federal government, as a whole, has gotten too big and unwieldy. It's exactly the kind of thing the people who founded this country were afraid of.

We as citizens shouldn't fear our government, it should fear us as voters.

I would advocate a Continental Congress, if I didn't see the same corruption and ineptitude at the state level that I see at the Federal level.

I fear Rome is burning.....again.....

The officials still get votes, so that'd never happen.

And technically, the electoral college would still 'vote on the new President, regardless of how many people did or did not vote in that race.

So if 1000 people vote, it's still considered a valid election? Kind of dumb..