US Election Discussion

Pork-barrelling. That's definitely the term that was used. Thanks.

NP. I have these two terms memorized because it made me disillusioned of policy enaction (or one could argue "inaction") when I was in high school and made me turn away from pursuing a political career or government related life style. I had been aggressively pursuing it because my dad was/is a lawyer and thought it would be a good lead-up to his profession (not in any shape or form). And it made me hit the brakes and reconsider whether I wanted to continue spending four years of learning about it in college where I would only be a cog in a disagreeable system where the most direct thing I could do was help campaign or protest given my wit, eloquence, and degree (before I could even consider pursuing law school for a jurisprudence). I actually deferred from continuing to study poli sci and chose my hand at science. An experiment that I found enjoyable.