This American Life: Ep 900 Talk Me Into It
Ahead of the 2026 midterms, This American Life covered election topics on the October 30, 2026 episode “Talk Me Into It”, which included an excellent… Read More »This American Life: Ep 900 Talk Me Into It
Flaws of proportional representation – and what to use instead
Lee Drutman, author of Ending the Two-Party Doom Loop, recently joined Ezra Klein for an interesting podcast conversation. Drutman is a longtime advocate for proportional… Read More »Flaws of proportional representation – and what to use instead
Chris Cillizza: more political competition is good for the average person
Episode 3 of the Forward Party Podcast includes veteran political journalist Chris Cillizza. Cillizza covered why there is such an appetite for independent political movements at… Read More »Chris Cillizza: more political competition is good for the average person
Review of recent podcast episodes
Frustration with political polarization and gridlock seems to be in the air, as several recent podcast episodes have discussed this problem and ways forward. This… Read More »Review of recent podcast episodes
A Better Ranked Choice Voting Act
Congressmen Don Beyer (VA) and Jamie Raskin (MD) and Senator Peter Welch (VT) have recently introduced a Ranked Choice Voting Act to bring ranked voting… Read More »A Better Ranked Choice Voting Act
Mitigating backlash to election reform
Dr. Emily Campbell has published an analysis of Alaska’s implementation of ranked choice voting in the 2022 House Special Election. That article, published in the… Read More »Mitigating backlash to election reform
BTR-IRV: A voting system everyone can live with
Many people have figured out that the plurality or “first-past-the-post” voting system used in much of the U.S. causes political dysfunction and polarization. It limits… Read More »BTR-IRV: A voting system everyone can live with
On Precinct Summability
The post investigates three questions: What is precinct summability? Is it important? And how much should one worry about it being a property of a… Read More »On Precinct Summability
Dasgupta and Maskin on “Elections and Strategic Voting”
No voting system is perfect. Each makes different tradeoffs between various properties. Given the wide range of possible voting systems, it can be fruitful to… Read More »Dasgupta and Maskin on “Elections and Strategic Voting”
Movie review: Majority Rules (2024)
Are you tired of negative political attacks flooding the airwaves every election season? Are you fed up with political polarization and gridlock in Washington? Do… Read More »Movie review: Majority Rules (2024)