An electoral practice that once allowed minor parties throughout the country to exert real influence in politics — fusion voting — could help defend U.S. democracy.
December 14, 2023
Proportional representation is an electoral system that elects multiple representatives in each district in proportion to the number of people who vote for them.
December 5, 2023
OP-ED: Our country’s strength comes from diversity of opinion. Let’s design our elections accordingly.
November 23, 2023
A new Thanksgiving-themed poll finds a broad appetite for proportional representation.
November 21, 2023
Donald Trump's actions in court exemplify something dangerous: a former president resisting any accountability under the law.
November 7, 2023
The goal of this afterword is to draw out the essential lessons for those pursuing solutions to American political parties’ current challenges.
October 17, 2023
This report exists because political scientists are alarmed by the real possibility of serious democratic backsliding in the United States.
October 17, 2023
We outline two seemingly contradictory observations about political parties in the United States: Parties are essential to democracy, but U.S. institutions are often hostile to them.
October 17, 2023
In this chapter, we give some ‘pros and cons’ of three PR forms: mixed-member proportional, single transferable vote, and open-list proportional.
October 16, 2023
The American party system has developed in a context which traditionally includes partisan primaries, categorical ballots and plurality winners chosen in single-round elections.
October 16, 2023