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 »
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 »
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 »
Arend Lijphart is perhaps the foremost authority in the world on comparative electoral systems. He was born in the Netherlands but has spent his entire career in the United States…. Read more »
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 »