Politics

Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives?

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Selecting legislators by lottery was good enough for the ancient Athenians. Why not good enough for Congress?

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The Daily Beast

If you’re looking for an unrepresentative group of Americans, the House of Representatives isn’t a bad place to start. Its members are disproportionately old and white.

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