Ray La Raja

What former lawmakers reveal about the strain on American democracy | Brookings There is a divergence in how current and former lawmakers talk about the issues facing American democracy.

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@agtheodoridis.bsky.social on unique survey of former members of Congress, which indicates how far views of former GOP officeholders differ from Republican electorate on democratic norms @BrookingsGov www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

24.09.2025 20:36 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Letter: Violence over politics has no place on campus or in our country “In a democratic society, even the most polarizing ideas must be met with words, not weapons,” LaRaja writes.

dailycollegian.com?p=187989

19.09.2025 02:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

• Small donors share large‑donor polarization, esp on issues like guns & abortion
• They fuel more extreme, media‑savvy candidates
• Instead of blanket matching, we need localism & pluralism—district-level donor matches, strengthen parties, civic orgs & expand who votes.

09.07.2025 13:27 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

www.aei.org/events/elect... I encourage you to join an upcoming event hosted by AEI (online too), with election experts talking about proposals to reform the electoral process, especially to combat extremism.

26.11.2024 19:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

20.11.2024 17:46 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

« La dénonciation de “l’élection truquée” depuis 2020 s’est avérée un coup de maître, un mythe mobilisateur du trumpisme » TRIBUNE. Donald Trump exploite sans vergogne les peurs d’une base charriant des fondamentalistes religieux, des racistes et des isolationnistes, rassemblés dans une grande synthèse populiste qui a bal...

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... via @lemondefr

02.11.2024 16:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🤔Are Americans’ attitudes toward local issues structured ideologically?

➡️ @bfschaffner.bsky.social @jesserhodesumass.bsky.social & @raylaraja.bsky.social find that only a smaller subset of attitudes about local issues appears distinctively local www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

01.11.2024 09:03 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Opinion | Musk’s hunch is right: Lotteries boost voter turnout Elon Musk’s $1 million lottery should inspire us to make voting more fun.

wapo.st/4fgJRAf . My take with @bfschaffner.bsky.social on Musk's idea with lottery.

24.10.2024 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Why passing Question 1 would hurt democracy - The Boston Globe By enabling the executive to infringe on the independence of the Legislature, Question 1 undermines the checks and balances system championed by James Madison.

My argument for why letting the Massachusetts State Auditor audit the legislature should be resisted with as much passion as taxation without representation www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/16/o... via @BostonGlobe

16.10.2024 11:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fence off the parties, and start in the states Discussions about political parties lack talk about boundaries. What is the core of a political party? And why should we care? Julia Azari and others are right about the weakness and hollowness of U.S...

On of my arguments for strengthening the party system and parties for better politics @ Niskanen hypertext @daviddagan.bsky.social hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/fence-off-...

30.09.2024 17:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@NiskanenCenter @daviddagan.bsky.social
hosts forum among experts on US political parties, their problems and potential. Not your usual mix of mechanistic reform ideas.

25.09.2024 17:33 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0