The Choice
Elections are, fundamentally, about making public choices. What are the choices that face Americans? In November 2024 the United States will elect a President, the full House of Representatives, and… Read more »
Category: Federal Elections
The Democracy Amendment
How to Unlock Democracy in the United States The most glaring deficiency of the U.S. Constitution is its failure to follow democratic norms. This has become apparent this century with… Read more »
Ranked Choice Voting and Multiparty Democracy
Political parties come first, then electoral reform. Electoral reform has become part of the American political dialogue, and ranked choice voting is the favorite fix. In Breaking the Two Party Doom Loop, Lee Drutman… Read more »
Beyond Iowa: Fixing the Presidential Primaries
Every presidential election cycle, people and pundits complain: why Iowa and New Hampshire? Inevitably, they offer improved ways of nominating presidential candidates. Just as regularly, nothing changes. In the world of the party nomination… Read more »
Will the Majority Rule in 2021?
With all the attention given to the ups and downs of the presidential contenders for an election which is “only” 11 months away, what can get overlooked is the most… Read more »
Nominating U.S. Presidential Candidates: A Dysfunctional Non-System
The United States is governed by a powerful president elected under archaic rules that violate democratic norms. But it’s not just the November election that is deficient: the way presidential… Read more »
Democracy: Back on the Agenda
Fixing American democracy is suddenly back on the agenda in Congress, in the states, and among the voters – despite the conventional wisdom that the public is bored by procedural… Read more »
How Will the Trump Error End?
Justice is closing in on Trump. Literally. Thanks to information about hush-money payoffs that could result in charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, or campaign finance violations, Federal investigators will… Read more »
A Perfect Storm of Defects
A habitual liar with no relevant experience but a long history of shady business dealings becomes the supreme leader of the most powerful nation in the world, a nation with… Read more »
Political Reform First
Bernie Sanders has probably done more to promote social democracy in the U.S. than anyone since FDR. Or at least he has done more to develop an organized constituency in favor of… Read more »