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The Paradoxical Reason Republicans Win Elections Despite Unpopular Policies
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How I updated my views on ranked choice voting
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Our politics is only flat on the surface
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The arc of history is squiggly - and four other takeaways from the 2024 election
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The arc of history is squiggly - and four other takeaways from the 2024 election
This is a moment for imagination and big-picture thinking.
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Perfectly Balanced, Totally Unstable
The dangerous strangeness of our perennially too-close-for-comfort elections
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The presidential campaigns don’t need your $5
And the more they devote themselves to fundraising and advertising, the more broke our democracy gets.
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We need more (and better) parties
Why a healthy democracy depends on healthy political parties, not nonpartisan elections. Or, why doubling down on the failed median voter theory (and…
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What if Congress had more than two parties?
Proportional representation could create a more functional Congress. A new report outlines how and why it just might work.
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Slowly, then all at once: What Biden’s sudden departure tells us about how social change happens
Four lessons from a teachable moment
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Fusion voting roundup: A new report, a new scholars' letter, and so much more
The case for re-legalizing fusion voting just got a little more powerful
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The many uncertainties of saying good Biden
Sometimes the risk of staying the course is greater than changing the course. Here’s how I’m thinking about the choice Democrats have to make, and the…
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Wither the Senate?
Thoughts and charts on the bias and legitimacy of America's distinctly malapportioned upper chamber
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Undercurrent Events
Undercurrent Events
Deep forces are shaping our democracy. Change happens slowly. Then all at once.
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