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HowManyMeeses t1_itpwgxb wrote

Reply to comment by socaTsocaTsocaT in As Sinclair owner funds term limits push in Baltimore, his station is a willing megaphone by GovernorOfReddit

The issue is fairly complicated. In major elections with wide media coverage, term limits are great. In small local elections where only a tiny percentage of the population can get someone elected, term limits can shift power to the wrong groups.

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mattfouse t1_itpzeju wrote

so is what your saying, it’s a bad thing because the candidate you don’t like might win? This makes zero sense.

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HowManyMeeses t1_itq0a19 wrote

"Should I vote for the measure that's more likely to result in candidates I don't like winning?"

This seems like a pretty straightforward "no" to me.

That's not exactly what I was getting at though. By "the wrong people" I'm talking about people that don't accurately represent an area.

If there are a lot of people from an area voting, then it's more difficult for bad actors to win elections. This is why I fully support term limits for higher levels of government. Until I had these conversations, I was mostly on the fence about it for local elections.

At the end of the day, if few people from an area vote in an election (as is typical for most local elections), then it's easier for bad actors to win.

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