The Representational Implications of Legislative Term Limits
Primary Faculty Mentor’s Name
Michael K.Romano
Proposal Track
Student
Session Format
Paper Presentation
Abstract
Legislative term limits have been a topic of discussion in the political arena since the 1990s.Historically term limitation existed as an unspoken tradition, but recent trends in Congress have preempt conversation about amending the constitution to implement legislative term limits. Convincing arguments exist both in support of and against imposing legislative term limits. This paper contains information regarding positive outcomes in comparison with the political impact of term limits in states that have implemented term limits. I use information from qualitative research, opinion polls, and existing literature to provide an argument in support of legislative term limitation. This paper will discuss the ways that legislative term limits will benefit representative democracy by reducing congressional careerism, ensuring congressional turnover, and promoting representative attention to constituent service.
Keywords
Term limits, Congressional careerism, Congressional turnover, Political efficacy, Constituent attention, Representation
Location
Room 2911
Presentation Year
2014
Start Date
11-15-2014 11:05 AM
End Date
11-15-2014 12:05 PM
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Middlebrooks, Dartanioin R., "The Representational Implications of Legislative Term Limits" (2014). Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (2014-2015). 74.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gurc/2014/2014/74
The Representational Implications of Legislative Term Limits
Room 2911
Legislative term limits have been a topic of discussion in the political arena since the 1990s.Historically term limitation existed as an unspoken tradition, but recent trends in Congress have preempt conversation about amending the constitution to implement legislative term limits. Convincing arguments exist both in support of and against imposing legislative term limits. This paper contains information regarding positive outcomes in comparison with the political impact of term limits in states that have implemented term limits. I use information from qualitative research, opinion polls, and existing literature to provide an argument in support of legislative term limitation. This paper will discuss the ways that legislative term limits will benefit representative democracy by reducing congressional careerism, ensuring congressional turnover, and promoting representative attention to constituent service.
