DemocracySOS

Making lemonade from the lemons of mid-decade redistricting

With federal redistricting reform collapsed, and the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, now is the time for a new and innovative strategy

Sep 5 • 

Steven Hill

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August 2025

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 • 

Steven Hill

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July 2025

Another nail in Democracy’s coffin: “crafted talk” and “simulated responsiveness”

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Jul 14 • 

Steven Hill

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June 2025

America’s urban majority has been disenfranchised—here’s how to fix it

Why we need a City-State revolution that partitions the largest states to restore majority rule to the Senate and Electoral College

Jun 18 • 

Thor Hogan

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May 2025

Will Democrats retake the House due to Trump’s bumbling?

The architecture of winner-take-all elections make Democrats’ chances in 2026 an uphill climb

May 7 • 

Steven Hill

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April 2025

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 • 

Eveline Dowling

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February 2025

The sticky glue and invisible threads of democracy

US democracy depends not only on laws but on age-old unwritten customs and agreements. Those are being shredded by the increasingly authoritarian Trump

Feb 20 • 

Steven Hill

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January 2025

What would the Founders and Framers do today?

For over two centuries, Americans have experimented with different ways of electing their political representatives. Where is the spirit of innovation…

Jan 31 • 

Steven Hill

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December 2024

Donald Trump and the new style of leadership taking over US politics

How Trump and his campaign's mastery of internet-based communication technologies has changed politics, candidates and campaigns

Dec 12, 2024 • 

Steven Hill

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October 2024

Why don’t Americans value their democracy more?

What is the American future: authoritarian populism or “Golden Rule” representative democracy?

Oct 20, 2024 • 

Steven Hill

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September 2024

How to prevent political violence

Rachel Kleinfeld and Nicole Bibbins Sedaca analyze America's recent rise in political violence, and how the winner-take-all system contributes to it.

Sep 27, 2024

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July 2024

Harris vs Trump: How the US can survive bitter polarization

This presidential election will be vicious and divisive. But it doesn’t have to be that way forever. Institutional reform offers a better future.

Jul 26, 2024 • 

Benjamin Reilly

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