# Presidential Term: One Six Year Term Instead Of One (Or Two) Four Year Terms?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-term-one-six-year-term-instead-of-one-or-two-four-year-terms/472011>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-term-one-six-year-term-instead-of-one-or-two-four-year-terms/472011 "2008-11-10T07:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-term-one-six-year-term-instead-of-one-or-two-four-year-terms/472011/21 "2008-11-12T02:27:45Z")

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Nah. The current system is good. A few months of campaigning out of four years is not a big deal. More than four years isn’t good if they turn out to be a lemon. One more term is a decent reward for good work, without the downside of no term limits at all.

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