How a proposed regulation protects the civil service from politicized attacks: A look at the Biden administration’s response to Schedule F

Michigan Stop Gerrymandering booth

Proportional representation and gerrymandering

Proportional electoral systems largely eliminate both the built-in bias inherent to the single-seat model and the effects of partisan manipulation.

September 12, 2023

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Protestors and counterprotestors at a MAGA march in 2020.

Proportional representation and polarization

With better representation and more equal weight given to citizens’ votes in elections, the zero-sum nature of politics could begin to change.

September 12, 2023

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Charlie Baker speaking

Proportional representation for the United States

Proportional representation tends to basically do as the name suggests: ensure that a party’s share of seats roughly reflects its share of votes.

September 12, 2023

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Pro Rep Collage

Proportional representation, explained

Proportional representation is an electoral system that elects multiple representatives in each district in proportion to the number of people who vote for them.

September 12, 2023

  • Shaping the Democracy of Tomorrow
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