Archive - Headlines of DemocracySOS

Surprising Salt Lake City – multiracial democracy in an unlikely place

Ranked choice voting elections have brought diverse representation to one of the nation’s most conservative states...just like it has in New York City…

Mar 22 •

The world starts preparing for Trump 2.0

What would a second Trump presidency mean for our European and other allies?

Mar 7 •

January 2024

2024 may be a breakout year for Ranked Choice Voting

Across the nation, RCV will be on the ballot in a number of states and cities -- and already it has won 27 city and four statewide ballot measures in a…

Jan 4 •

November 2023

How did Israel’s government become so right-wing?

Does the Israeli electoral system of proportional representation result in unstable coalitions and elected extremists?

Nov 15, 2023 •

September 2023

Moderate Republicans are figuring out how to defang the Trump faction using RCV

In state after state, ranked choice voting is in the middle of a battle for the heart and soul of the GOP

Sep 28, 2023 •

A hot summer of wildfires underscores the urgency of responsive democracy

Different political systems are coping better or worse with the climate crisis. America's "winner take all" electoral system flunks the test

Sep 7, 2023 •

July 2023

Interview with Blair Bobier on Oregon emerging as nation’s trailblazer for political reform

Longtime reform leader tells what led to recent reform victories, his advice for other states, his views on OR's use of fusion voting, and what has…

Jul 18, 2023 •

June 2023

LA needs to consider using Proportional Representation for city council elections

Letter to City Council President Paul Krekorian from former Santa Monica Mayor Michael Feinstein: "Los Angeles faces a historic opportunity for…

Jun 28, 2023 •

May 2023

Philly mayoral election struggles to pick popular winner

An “instant runoff” would have produced a majority winner in a single election; instead, the “plurality-wins-all” election delivers a weak winner’s…

May 25, 2023 •

April 2023

Taxes, primaries and expulsions, oh my!

Winner-take-all-palooza: taxpayers' money wasted on runoffs and primaries, and politics turns toxic with expulsion of legislators in Tennessee. But what…

Apr 20, 2023 •

The 2024 blame game has already begun

Without ranked choice voting, a large field of presidential candidates could split the vote and spoil each other, frustrating voters as well as majority…

Apr 6, 2023 •

March 2023

Another shooting. Another crazy day in Winner-Take-All land

America’s winner-take-all elections bedevil common sense and ensure "minority rule" and a vast gap between public opinion and policy

Mar 28, 2023 •

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