Archive - DemocracySOS

Which proportional representation method is best for America?

Party List vs Proportional Ranked Choice Voting vs Mixed Member Proportional -- are they all the same? Or is one method better than the others?

Mar 2, 2023 • Steven Hill

The collapse of Common Cause’s vision for US democracy

And a real dilemma for reformers. State-by-state redistricting reform led to "unilateral disarmament" for Democrats. That's a warning to Pro Rep…

Aug 15, 2025 • Steven Hill

The US Supreme Court and Viktor Orbán – birds of a feather

Both show that they know how to manipulate election rules to reach a desired result

Aug 10, 2022 • Steven Hill

Imagine if Congress was elected by Proportional Representation

Illinois’ 110-yr history with a form of PR resulted in more voter choice, more bipartisanship, less bitter polarization and better representation—a…

Dec 20, 2025 • Steven Hill

Shaky political “science” misses mark on ranked choice voting

What does political science research say about ranked choice voting? A number of misleading studies fall well short of real science

Dec 9, 2025 • Steven Hill and Paul Haughey

Winning proportional representation: How to design an American solution

The path to PR should be rooted in US culture, accommodate independents, support racial minority voting rights and work in small states

Dec 13, 2023 • Cynthia Richie Terrell and Rob Richie

Ranked choice voting gave MN voters real power on Election Day

Jeanne Massey: Two cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Two very different outcomes. One shared truth: RCV has come into its own.

Nov 14, 2025 • Jeanne Massey

Democrats are their own worst enemy

Democrats often oppose political reforms that would both empower voters AND help Democrats

Jul 22, 2025 • Steven Hill

Alaska election results show why Condorcet is obsolete

Condorcet advocates use the wrong standard for evaluating Ranked Choice Voting elections

Sep 14, 2022 • Steven Hill

How the Palestinians' flawed elections in 2006 destroyed chances for a two-state solution

Winner-take-all elections caused Hamas to win a majority of seats with a minority of the popular vote, exacerbating conflict with Fatah and Israel

Nov 2, 2023 • Steven Hill

Ranked Choice Voting as a stepping stone to Proportional Representation

Voter support for ranked choice voting translates into support for proportional representation in ways that support for other reforms do not

Apr 10, 2025 • Eveline Dowling

Faulty Textbooks: The Strip Mining of Anthony Downs’ "Economic Theory of Democracy"

One of the great political theorists of the second half of the 20th century had his work grossly misrepresented. I know, because he told me so.

Oct 7, 2022 • Steven Hill

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