A Gallup poll released this month delivers some sobering news for our country: a full 25% of Americans believe that neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden will be a good president for the next four years.
That number is historically significant. In the 2012 Obama/Romney race, only 17 percent had the same opinion. In the 2008 Obama/McCain race, 19 percent didn't like either candidate, and in the 2004 Bush/Kerry race, that number was only 11 percent.
This year, a quarter of our country believes that no matter who wins the White House, we'll be headed for trouble.
Whatever you believe about the candidates this year, no one can deny that the federal government has become increasingly dysfunctional, radical, and partisan. Our "leaders" in D.C. seem incapable of compromise -- they refuse to put the needs of the American people before their own partisan agenda.
Case in point: Senator Tim Scott's police reform bill. While the bill doesn't include the most radical Democratic policies, it does institute reforms that many Americans agree would increase police accountability and lead to more peaceful streets.
But rather than put these policies in place now and work to accomplish their other goals later, the Democrats voted it down. Why? Because it would give the Republicans a win just prior to the 2020 election.
The American people see the writing on the walls of power in our nation's capital. They're beginning to realize that we can't rely on the White House, Congress, or the Supreme Court to protect liberty and self-governance, so they're turning to a new and better solution: a Convention of States.
A Convention of States is called and controlled by the state legislatures. It has the power under Article V of the Constitution to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments, once ratified by 38 states, can limit the power of the federal government, impose fiscal restraints on Congress, and mandate term limits for federal officials.
These amendments can decentralize power in Washington, D.C., and return that power to the states -- where We the People have a much more effective voice in government.
Our country's future shouldn't hinge on the man or woman in the White House. It shouldn't matter so much whether we like our party's presidential candidate. Instead, we should empower families, communities, and states to govern themselves -- and that's exactly what We the People can accomplish with a Convention of States.
Sign the petition below to tell your state legislators that you support the Article V movement!
