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Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 (@leedrutman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This foreshadows an end of the Voting Rights Act's majority-minority district strategy. After 60 years, the legal framework that increased minority representation has reached its limits. If so, now what?

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This decision has implications for 2-3 House seats and determine who controls Congress in 2026. Same voters, same preferences, but judicial whims decide how votes add up. Democracy by dark magic - identical voters in, different majority party out. Presto, change-o.

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The Democratic & Republican parties are a duopoly—like Coke & Pepsi or Visa & Mastercard. They pretend to compete, but work together to crush their rivals. From banning fusion voting to rigging ballot access & campaign finance rules—they’ve locked the system down.

The Democratic & Republican parties are a duopoly—like Coke & Pepsi or Visa & Mastercard. They pretend to compete, but work together to crush their rivals. From banning fusion voting to rigging ballot access & campaign finance rules—they’ve locked the system down.
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The Funder’s Guide to Citizens’ Assemblies offers actionable insights for designing, funding, and scaling deliberative processes that rebuild trust, overcome polarization, and drive real policy change. Read Hollie Russon Gilman's guide here: newamerica.org/political-refo… #CitizensAssemblies

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Is America’s winner-take-all system making our government less accountable, less responsive—and less stable? Oscar Pocasangre and John Carey’s white paper explores whether proportional representation could be the solution. Here’s what you need to know: newamerica.org/political-refo…

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Amid political dysfunction and distrust, ballot initiatives offer a time-tested mechanism for democratic correction and renewal. Political Reform explores how to expand citizen-led policymaking to more states. 🗳️ go.newamerica.org/citizen-led-po…

Amid political dysfunction and distrust, ballot initiatives offer a time-tested mechanism for democratic correction and renewal.

<a href="/PolReformNA/">Political Reform</a> explores how to expand citizen-led policymaking to more states.

🗳️ go.newamerica.org/citizen-led-po…
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Electoral reform doesn’t always start in the legislature. In fact, it often comes from outside the government. From #RCV to fair maps, the biggest reform wins of the past decade came through ballot initiatives. Let’s defend and expand that power: newamerica.org/political-refo…

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America’s winner-take-all system limits representation, stifles political will, and blocks the policies the abundance agenda demands. Proportional representation may be the reform our democracy needs. Read more from Oscar Pocasangre here: newamerica.org/political-refo…