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Proportional representation has long been heralded as an electoral reform but how would it impact governance? Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 of Political Reform & Rob Oldham consider how a multiparty system could reflect our nation's diversity/lead to more fluid dealmaking. 🗳️ go.newamerica.org/house-multiple…
Could Harris’s brief campaign spark much needed change in how campaigns are run? In my new piece for New America I make the case for shorter campaigns: - Less voter exhaustion (and fewer annoying candidate texts!) - Cheaper to run - Improved governance newamerica.org/the-thread/us-…
If you want to get young dudes involved in civic stuff, where can you find them? Discord! New from Political Reform's Hollie Russon Gilman, Maresa Strano, and Sarah Jacob: What does digital civic infrastructure look like in the 21st century? democracytakes.substack.com/p/what-does-di…
“Kamala Harris’s remarkably short 107-day presidential campaign highlights a pressing issue within the American electoral system: the need for reform in campaign duration.” - oscar pocasangre for New America's The Thread. Read the full piece here: newamerica.org/the-thread/us-…
Could Kamala Harris’s 107-day presidential campaign spark much needed change in how the United States conducts elections? oscar pocasangre of Political Reform considers the consequences of long campaigns on voters, governance, and democracy. 🗳️ #Election2024 go.newamerica.org/us-election-re…
"This scene at the Ramova Theater underscored perhaps the most significant development that took place last week: Democrats finally decided to fight for the votes of men." New from Ilyse Hogue: thebulwark.com/p/kamala-harri…
Next issue of the Boston Review talks about fusion voting and how it would encourage more and better, healthier parties to organize around policy issues and attempt to influence outcome of elections without playing “spoiler” roles. Interested in a free copy? DM for details.
"From the first night’s invocation to the balloon drop after Harris’s speech, the Democratic convention featured a lineup that refused to accept the boy vs. girl frame that has come to define this year’s election." from Ilyse Hogue for The Bulwark thebulwark.com/p/kamala-harri…
Just as air conditioning transformed where people lived and how they voted, RCV could be the key to reshaping our American democracy. New piece from Maresa Strano for New America : newamerica.org/political-refo…
Could fusion give voters a stronger political voice? From oscar pocasangre and Maresa Strano for "What We Know About Fusion Voting": newamerica.org/political-refo…
New Boston Review symposium on the case for more parties, with a lead essay by me, with Danielle Allen Deepak Bhargava & Arianna Jiménez, Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld, Josh Lerner, Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Grant Tudor & cerin, Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺 & Doran Schrantz bostonreview.net/forum/the-case… A thread….
#FusionVoting allows minor parties to participate meaningfully in politics and encourages them to develop a party infrastructure to choose candidates that reflect their interests and to mobilize voters. Learn more oscar pocasangre Political Reform New America: newamerica.org/political-refo…
As we move inexorably — warily? — toward November 5, we look at the organizers, funders, lawyers, scholars, and writers who want to reboot our #election system and change the fundamentals of how we #vote. bit.ly/4ekBD9J #TheCommons Danielle Allen Protect Democracy
