Archive - Undercurrent Events

August 2025

What the Apportionment Act of 1842 tells us about today's gerrymandering wars

And why reform might be closer than you think

Aug 7 •

Democracy in pieces: Did the Texas gerrymander just break the districting game?

Or was it already broken all along? A Socratic gastropub journey through America's most unsolvable political puzzle

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Reed Galen and Lee Drutman Talk Third Parties

A recording from Lee Drutman and Reed Galen's live video

Jul 14 •

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One "Big Beautiful Bill" and the calculated confidence of unapologetic unpopularity

Or: How participation gaps, policy design, and status-driven voting let Republicans keep doing reverse Robin Hoods.

Jul 3 •

June 2025

So you want to start a new political party that “actually represents the 80% in the middle”? Good luck.

An open letter to Elon Musk

Jun 9 •

May 2025

Doomier and Loopier: Why our two-party system will not – and cannot - self-correct on its own.

We need major electoral reform and we need it now. A party system problem demands a party system solution.

May 15 •

April 2025

Are you being served? How proportional multi-member districts could improve your relationship with government

Notes on a new white paper on constituent service and electoral reform

Apr 24 •

March 2025

What I told the Democracy Summit audience last week

I gave a keynote talk. I called it: "Building Back a Better Democracy"

Mar 11 •

February 2025

The state of our democracy is cracking and evaporating

A guide to the thermodynamics of our constitutional crisis. And how to phase change out of it.

Feb 19 •

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