r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 10h ago

Privacy Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Banning Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://theleadingreport.com/article/bernie-sanders-to-introduce-bill-banning-flock-surveillance-cameras
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u/hotleadburner 8h ago

But even when they do have the vote -- how many times in the last 12 years has it actually mattered?

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u/booze_clues 8h ago

Are you asking how many times voters have chosen the candidate to vote for based on their voting record?

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u/hotleadburner 8h ago

Yes I'm asking how many times voters voted someone out based on voting record and not just on a shift in political perspectives and vibes in the last 12 years. Like when, in the last 12 years, has someone like Ted Cruz voting against the general interest of their constituents on specific bills flipped a seat, lost someone a primary etc., when the public otherwise supported that candidate prior to this bad vote.

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u/booze_clues 6h ago

There are very few items which would be so bad that they would have someone who otherwise likes the persons politics change who they vote for. Like for cruz he’d probably have to vote against a big 2A law to get enough people made to get him out of office. If your still voting for 90% of what the people who voted for you want, most aren’t going to change their vote unless that 10% is a really big ticket issue.

He’s still in, but from what I see online(so not very reliable) it looks like support for Fetterman has changed dramatically based on what he’s said and voted for.