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How do the term limits for senators and representatives impact their voting power

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For Reps it means that they always have to vote with thier consituants, or risk being voted out in 2 years.

For senators, they only have to worry during the last 2 years when the issues are still fresh in the media, so not so much for them

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Senators' longer term limits allow them to vote based on what is best for the nation, instead of public opinion.

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The voting power of senators and representatives is something extremely important in the country that can cause results (good or bad) in the lives of all citizens. For this reason, public opinion on the votes of senators and representatives has a very high weight. If senators or representatives vote without taking into account public opinion, they may lose the opportunity to be elected again.

However, senators have a very long term, the senators' long-term limits allow them to vote based on what is best for the nation, rather than public opinion.

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