is a 4 year term to short for the presidency

[kurt cloverdales]

time you figure out what your doing you spend the last 2 years running for re-election, or your a lame duck, dealing with the putins and chinas of the world can be difficult because they can just wait you out. what if when a president was elected he stayed in office if he had a approval rating above 50 percent each year, say nov 4th each year a simple yes or no ballot on the president, when the majority votes no he finishes his term a new president is elected the following november

 

[TommyCracker]

I've heard the argument for one six year term that made sense.

Six years is enough time to shape the country while not having to worry about re-election the final year and a half.

It didn't offend me.

 

[outside shooter]

"to short" is "too short"

by one letter

 

[twenty02]

I've heard the argument for one six year term that made sense.

Six years is enough time to shape the country while not having to worry about re-election the final year and a half.

It didn't offend me.

4 years keeps it halfway between a House member who's basically constantly campaigning (or should be if not for gerrymandering)... and Senators that get the long 6 yr runway.

As an anti-populist... I'm all for a lot fewer elections and voting. So much voting gives us really bad govt.

 

[PhyloeBedoe]

4 years is too long in some cases.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Roman Consuls only served for a year.

 

[IUINSB]

Trump's 4 year term seems like an eternity.

 

[jet812]

Nah, if they’re good they get 8. The last few years I’ve found myself wishing it was one year. Wonder if we could implement a “team option” after year one?

 

[Sope Creek]

I've heard the argument for one six year term that made sense.

Six years is enough time to shape the country while not having to worry about re-election the final year and a half.

It didn't offend me.

Richard Nixon agrees with you. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/16/...ar-term-for-a-president-he-also-calls-on.html

 

[mashnut]

time you figure out what your doing you spend the last 2 years running for re-election, or your a lame duck, dealing with the putins and chinas of the world can be difficult because they can just wait you out. what if when a president was elected he stayed in office if he had a approval rating above 50 percent each year, say nov 4th each year a simple yes or no ballot on the president, when the majority votes no he finishes his term a new president is elected the following november

The problem is the length of campaigning, not the length of the term. Other democracies limit campaigning to a much smaller window before an election rather than allowing it to creep ever closer to the beginning of the term.

 

[82hoosier]

time you figure out what your doing you spend the last 2 years running for re-election, or your a lame duck, dealing with the putins and chinas of the world can be difficult because they can just wait you out. what if when a president was elected he stayed in office if he had a approval rating above 50 percent each year, say nov 4th each year a simple yes or no ballot on the president, when the majority votes no he finishes his term a new president is elected the following november

For the last election I would have been happy with a six-month term. Today is 1301 for Donald Trump. This can't end soon enough

 

[meridian]

4 years is too long in some cases.

Nah, Trump is not that bad. After all we have survived! So far anyway