Haley wins with 1,274 votes out of 2,030 votes cast. Trump comes in 2nd with 676.
Yes, you read that right. Out of a city with a population of 678,972 people, only 0.3% of the population voted in the Republican primary.
For all intents and purposes D.C. is a Democrat party company town.
would that not just shift the problem from DC to wherever though?
Pretty much, America needs to decentralise HARD by removing most of the federal government, agencies and closing the loopholes where being elected is a full time gig and not something you do part time so you're in touch with the real world.
Most Senators and Reps spend the majority of their time in office begging for campaign/re-election $.
All media should be required to carry campaign messages gratis, with no favoritism. Production values/costs should be limited to a particular dollar amount so the uber rich can't dig into their cavernous pockets in their attempts to con voters.
Right. I won't hold my breath.
In my magical fairyland that will never ever happen, the house of reps contains 1 rep per 100k people, citizens only, selected each year via lottery of all registered voters in each district. If selected, you serve your two-year term and are paid fifty times the federal poverty level, tax free, each year. Nobody can be selected twice and the penalty for corruption/bribery is crucifixion.