With advances on ECA reform and other democracy legislation, a departing Congress leaves American democracy in slightly better shape than it found it for the first time in over a decade.
Congressional leaders announced that they have included the Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) in the omnibus appropriations bill
New January 6th midterm polls finds that voters—especially voters who split the ticket—were strongly motivated to respond to threats to democracy.
The 2022 midterm elections altered the threats to democracy in the United States, but did not eliminate them.
To date, there’s no consensus explanation for what’s driving this process. But several theories have emerged to help explain why the commitment to democracy is weakening.
An overview of Protect Democracy's work in response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
The U.S. electoral system is uniquely advantaging authoritarian actors and behaviors. Electoral reform can help shift incentives and outcomes.
Any strategy to repair and secure America’s teetering democracy must begin with a clear analysis of the causes of our predicament.
Americans must be just as dedicated to maintaining and upholding the integrity of our democratic system as they are to advancing their partisan interests.
Race-class fusion politics frames racial conflict as a divide-and-conquer strategy that threatens us all, people of every race and across the broad economic spectrum.