nguTom Jacobs, ngoSeptemba 26 2018, Pacific Standard.
Kubekho uqhanqalazo oluninzi kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, ukusuka kwesi sigebenga NgoMatshi wabasetyhini Ngosuku olulandelayo uDonald Trump's ukuqaliswa kule veki anti-Brett Kavanaugh imiboniso. Kodwa ngaphaya kokuvuthuza umphunga, ngaba iimatshi kunye neendibano ezinkulu zenza nantoni na?
Uphando olutsha ingxelo impendulo yile: ngokupheleleyo. Inika ingxelo yokuba uqhanqalazo olunempembelelo enkulu lunefuthe elikhulu kwindlela abantu abavota ngayo kwimidyarho yeCongress-ngokwaneleyo ukumisela ukuba ngubani ophumeleleyo kwaye ngubani olahlekileyo.
“Umzabalazo woluntu … uchaphazela iziphumo zolonyulo,” kubhala inzululwazi yezopolitiko UDaniel Gillion kwiYunivesithi yasePennsylvania kunye nesazi sezentlalo USarah Soule kwiYunivesithi yaseStanford. "Ayibavoti kuphela abaziswa kwaye bahlanganiswe yimisebenzi yoqhanqalazo, kodwa abo banokuba ngabagqatswa bajonga uqhanqalazo njengophawu lokuba ixesha lilungile lokungenela ugqatso."
Kwi INzululwazi yeNtlalo ngekota, abaphandi bahlalutya ukubuyisela ukhetho lwe-congressional ukusuka kwi-1960 ukuya kwi-1990, kugxininise kwipesenti yevoti efunyenwe ngabaviwa beDemocratic and Republican, ngokulandelanayo. Baye baphawula inani nobungakanani boqhankqalazo lwezobupolitika kwisithili ngasinye (ngaphezu kwama-23,000 lilonke), besebenzisa inkcazelo ephuma kwiingxelo zamaphephandaba.
Ukubaluleka kwezo ziganeko kwahlelwa ngokomlinganiselo omnye ukuya kwesithoba, kusetyenziswa umgaqo onjengokuquka abantu abangaphezu kwe-100; ukuba ixesha elide ngaphezu kosuku olunye; nokuba batsala amapolisa; kunye nokuba bekukho nakuphi na ukwenzakala okanye ukubanjwa.
Okokugqibela, baye babala ukuba zeziphi iintlobo zoqhanqalazo olutsalele ingqalelo kakhulu kwisithili esinikiweyo: abo baxhasa imiba esekhohlo efana amalungelo okuhlala or indalo esingqongileyo, okanye abo bakhuthaza izikhundla zogcino, ezifana nemiboniso yokuchasa abafuduki okanye ukuqhomfa.
Emva kokuthatha izibonelelo zokungena kwi-akhawunti, abaphandi bafumene ipateni ecacileyo.
"Uqhanqalazo olubonisa imilinganiselo yenkululeko lukhokelela kwipesenti enkulu yevoti yamaqela amabini kubagqatswa beDemokhrasi," batsho. Uqhanqalazo oluxhasa imiba engqongqo lunika amandla afanayo kumaRiphabhlikhi.
Bongeza bathi: “Ubukhulu bezi ziganeko bukhulu kakhulu. Ngokwe-avareji, bafumene uqhanqalazo oluphezulu lwenkululeko lunciphise isabelo sevoti yeRiphabhlikhi ngepesenti ezi-6, kwaye sandise isabelo sevoti yeDemokhrasi ngepesenti ezi-2. Indlela echasene ngqo nayo yafunyanwa kuqhanqalazo oluphawuleka kakhulu oluqaqambisa iinkxalabo zolondolozo.
Ngaphezu koko, amaqela ayenokuthi atyumbe "umgangatho" (oko kukuthi, onamava) umgqatswa ukuba acele umngeni kwilungu leNkongolo ebambeleyo emva kwemiboniso ephakamileyo yoluntu egxile kwimiba exhaswa yiqela. Abaphandi babhala bathi: "Ayibavoti kuphela abaziswa kwaye bahlanganiswe yimisebenzi yoqhanqalazo, kodwa abantu abanokuba ngabagqatswa bajonga umsebenzi woqhanqalazo njengophawu lokuba ixesha lilungile lokungenela ugqatso."
Uphando olwangaphambili ufumene uqhanqalazo olukhulu lwezopolitiko olunoxolo lunokuphembelela ngokufanelekileyo abawisi-mthetho ukuba batshintshe iimbono zabo kwimiba ebalulekileyo. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, i uqhanqalazo oluninzi “kwiiholo zeedolophu” zabameli benkongolo kunyaka ophelileyo baye baqhatha abanye ukuba baxhase Obamacare.
Ngaphaya kweempumelelo ezinjalo, olu phando lucebisa ukuba uqhanqalazo olusebenzayo alunakuba nefuthe nje kwindlela abameli bethu abavota ngayo, kodwa ngubani osimeleyo. Ukuvota kubalulekile, kodwa phakathi konyulo, ungawajongeli phantsi amandla okuya ezitalatweni.
