One problem is that representatives aren’t specialized
US Congressmen are divided into committees, each of which deals with one topic, so they do get to specialize. Unfortunately, the committee assignments don’t happen until after election, so voters can’t take candidate-committee mismatches into account.
US Congressmen are divided into committees, each of which deals with one topic, so they do get to specialize. Unfortunately, the committee assignments don’t happen until after election, so voters can’t take candidate-committee mismatches into account.