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Personally, I think all three branches need a general overhaul in terms of selection:

1. Executive: abolish electoral college. The president is supposed to represent the entire country, yet the electoral college gives undue power to midwestern swing states. One person, one vote, would make each state feel important and would give us a president that actually has a mandate.

2. Legislative: fix the terms. Not term LIMITS, although maybe they could be reduced to a maximum of six. But no. I mean fix the terms themselves. Congress is re-elected in full every two years, and a good chunk of that is campaigning for re-election. How can they be expected to represent their constituents when everything has to be so rushed? Up congressional terms to four years, and have them elected alongside the president. The senate, meanwhile, has the opposite problem. Six years is too long to wait to express dissatisfaction, and given the way the senate is chosen (two separate elections that allow one party to field a winning 52-48 candidate two times), the Senate feels increasingly unrepresentative. So reduce each senate term to four years and have both seats up for grabs at once, with the top two vote-getters getting them. This would balance swing states that are weighted JUST enough towards one party or another (and might give third parties a fighting chance.). Also, have those senate races in the off-years, so people have more reason to show up and vote.

3. Judicial: have the justices picked in advance. The court is supposed to be an apolitical check on the other two branches, yet given the current system of selection/approval by the executive and legislative, in inspires ideological court packing. It also inspires situations like Kennedy and RBG, where judges retire when they get a president that will replace them with a similar mindset. So instead, depoliticize the whole affair. In a sign of national unity, the presidential candidates that poll at a certain margin have a meeting and they essentially draft the judges for the next term. This way both sides will have to agree on more moderate voices, and that should prevent activist judges. And if you televise the negotiations on CSPAN or something, then that provides more information to the voters as well, allowing them to see the candidates in a real world situation.
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