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Growing support for proportional representation on the right

Gerrymander Game: Interactive Electoral Districts Tool Learn how gerrymandering affects elections. Interactive game comparing single-member vs multi-member districts with real-time seat allocation results.

Proportional representation systems can't be gerrymandered. Don't believe me? Give it a try!

I made a gerrymandering simulator with an imaginary state under either single-member districts or multi-member proportional districts.

How much can YOU gerrymander?
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Blue Dogs Propose New Task Force to Look at ‘Winner-Take-All’ Election System The bipartisan task force would investigate structural reforms like multimember districts and adding more House members in an effort to address growing polarization and distrust of Congress.

Read more about the proposal here!
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Name an under-the-radar idea that could pass Congress this year and have a big impact on the country. Loren DeJonge Schulman, Lee Drutman, Joseph Dunne, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), Maya MacGuineas, Daniel Cochrane, Nicol Turner Lee, Vivek Chilukuri

@notus.com asked for under-the-radar ideas that could have a big impact on the country.

Our answer: MGP and Jared Golden's Select Committee on Electoral Reform. It's a big step to break us out of the two-party doom loop. www.notus.org/perspectives...

U.S. stands out globally in how it draws legislative districts Among 107 democracies, we found that only one other country uses the same redistricting approach as the U.S.

America's electoral rules make us uniquely vulnerable to gerrymandering. But Congress has the power to *change those rules* and adopt proportional representation, giving everyone a voice no matter where they live. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

YouTube video by Protect Democracy How Proportional Representation Could End Gerrymandering

"Proportional representation isn't just a policy change. It's a chance to revive faith in democracy." @protectdemocracy.org

How proportional representation overcomes gerrymandering | Opinion “Democracies that use proportional systems consistently show higher turnout, more accurate representation, more competitive elections, and less polarized partisan animosity,” writes a s…

"The winner-take-all system is at the heart of the problem." @sun-sentinel.com
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The counterintuitive way to fix Congress Internal divisions are good, actually

Imagine if Congress actually worked like the founders and Schoolhouse Rock said it should work.

Here are some common sense proposals from Alex Tausanovich and Cyrena Kokolis to let Congress be Congress. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-the-pa...

"The extreme division in our country is extraordinarily alarming and sad. It's embedded in the in the two party system... Everyday Americans are so sick of it."

@repmtgreene.bsky.social is right -- our toxic division is embedded in our two-party system. We need to break out of it.

For those of yall finding your political tribes, take the next step -- imagine how a few changes in the law could make our politics reflect the diversity hiding right under the surface. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We Need Political Reform Here's What It Might Look Like

DC elites need to catch up with voters' understanding of how broken our government actually is. Minor tweaks won't solve our problems. We need major reform. @rorytruex.bsky.social @leedrutman.bsky.social
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Over 200 Democracy Scholars Call on Congress to End Single-Member Congressional District More than 200 political scientists, legal scholars, and historians released an open letter calling on Congress to reject the United States’ winner-take-all elections.

A fix to our disproportionate and gerrymandered election districts is within Congress's power to change. Protect Democracy organized a major turnout of political scientists with expertise on the matter to explain how: protectdemocracy.org/work/democra...

Republicans Should Consider Electoral Reform Proportional representation is a smart way to ensure that conservatives in blue states are heard.

Conservatives make up about 40% of New England, and yet all of New England's representatives are Democrats. That's how broken our political system is: 40% of the vote would mean about 40% of the seats, not zero!

@jacksantucci.bsky.social on why Republicans should consider electoral reform

YouTube video by CBS Mornings What would a viable 3rd political party look like? We asked voters to try to build one.

Americans are sick of the two-party system, but what can we do to break out of it? @leedrutman.bsky.social went on @cbsmornings.bsky.social to explain how proportional representation can revitalize democracy in America.

Is There Room in American Politics for the Don Bacons of the World? | The Ripon Society Bacon’s success is thanks to strong relationships in his district and his brand as a centrist, opposing his party line just often enough to win over voters ...

Most elections in America aren’t competitive, but Omaha was an exception. @leedrutman.bsky.social and @dustinwahl.bsky.social explain why the real issue is our broken electoral system: riponsociety.org/article/is-t...

How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa South Africa’s history shows how an electoral system can change everything. Sometimes, democracy’s biggest dangers aren’t coups or revolutions, but the quiet impact of the rules th

"Mandela’s South Africa rejected the mechanics of exclusion [first past the post elections] and replaced them with a structure that values every voice [proportional representation]."

How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa @electoralreform.bsky.social

Mills would be 79 when she takes office, 85 when she retires. Says she'll only serve one term, which shows how useless term limits are to bring down the age of Congress. To bridge the age gap, we need serious reform, as @oscarp.bsky.social and I recently wrote: protectdemocracy.org/work/age-div...

Fusion Voting as a Path to Proportional Representation Efforts to relegalize electoral fusion and introduce proportional representation can work together to build a better democracy.

"Reforming the U.S. system to adopt PR is a challenging but realistic goal." @jrdresden.bsky.social and Deborah Apau for @protectdemocracy.org protectdemocracy.org/work/fusion-...

Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.

Want to see how it could work? Here's a vision for making proportional representation a reality in America, from @leedrutman.bsky.social and @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The @nytimes.com and @natecohn.bsky.social shared their readers' ideas for how to stop gerrymandering. The most popular proposal? Proportional representation.

"Proportional representation would make gerrymandering irrelevant. But it would do a lot more than that." t.co/1nLM8D02E8

Great idea. Proportional representation advocacy in America needs funding!! We have thoughts!!

Why Electoral Reform is Key to the Abundance Agenda Proportional representation would provide stronger incentives to pursue the ambitious projects that the abundance agenda envisions.

"Just as outdated software failed Americans when they needed help most, outdated winner-take-all elections are failing to deliver. It's time to upgrade to proportional representation." @oscarp.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/political-re...

We are Still Living in the Doom Loop And it will almost certainly continue to get worse before it gets better.

Realizing we're trapped in a doom loop is the first step to getting out of it. Timely reading from @leedrutman.bsky.social leedrutman.substack.com/p/we-are-sti...

We have a uniquely old Congress because we have a uniquely rigid electoral system. No wonder young people feel like democracy is rigged -- in many ways, our system is rigged against them.
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"What made Omaha a weird city in 2024 was that its diversity was visible. To fix our failing politics, America needs an electoral system that makes our diversity visible everywhere."

The Nightmare Redistricting Scenario for Democrats Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman says Florida could change the equation for next year’s midterms.

"It’s one of those norms that legislators have been sticking to for decades. But it turns out they don’t need to — and they’re wringing every last drop of partisan advantage out."

This is why we need #ProportionalRepresentation nymag.com/intelligence...

American leadership is older today than at any other time in history.

Our new report with @newamerica.org and @protectdemocracy.org shows why that's not an accident: the rules of our electoral system favor old over young Americans.

Here's a thread on how that works 🧵

“I think a more proportional House is the way to go. @raskin.house.gov & @beyer.house.gov's Fair Representation Act really is the kind of thing that solves gerrymandering.”

– @davedaley.bsky.social talks ending gerrymandering w/ multi-member districts & #ProportionalRepresentation on @msnbc.com ⬇️