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ProRep Coalition
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We’re a nonprofit leading the campaign for multiparty democracy through proportional representation in California. Join us! 🌻
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"One thing many Americans don’t appreciate is just how unusual our political system is. As democracies go, we stand out in that we have fewer political parties than just about every other country out there (save the authoritarian ones)."

#ProportionalRepresentation is what we need to address this.
DC elites need to catch up with voters' understanding of how broken our government actually is. Minor tweaks won't solve our problems. We need major reform. @rorytruex.bsky.social @leedrutman.bsky.social
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We Need Political Reform
Here's What It Might Look Like
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"@leedrutman.bsky.social... explain[s] how the U.S. two-party system fuels polarization, gridlock, and democratic decline—and how reforms like proportional representation... could help fix it. Our politics can be better. In this session, we envision how.”

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Breaking the Two Party Doom Loop with Lee Drutman | The Civic Forum E12
Podcast Episode · The Civic Forum · 10/28/2025 · 1h 12m
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That's what we're working on for California!
"Proportional representation could have an even greater impact... [E]very district would become a swing district. All our votes would matter, and our voices would be heard... [D]ifferent parties would have new incentives to work together to deliver for voters."

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Election Reform Turns Down the Temperature of Our Politics
Politics isn’t working for most Americans. Our government can’t keep the lights on. The cost of living continues to rise. Our nation is reeling from recent acts of political violence. 79% of voters sa...
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Mills would be 79 when she takes office, 85 when she retires. Says she'll only serve one term, which shows how useless term limits are to bring down the age of Congress. To bridge the age gap, we need serious reform, as @oscarp.bsky.social and I recently wrote: protectdemocracy.org/work/age-div...
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Proportional Representation is the radical idea that a party that gets 30% of the vote should never have 100% of the power.

In most stable democracies, this is already obvious. Why not here?
"[T]he 'winner-take-all' system used in most U.S. elections... contributes to polarization.... By contrast, proportional systems allow more voters to see their preferences reflected in Congress, can reduce partisan divides, and virtually eliminate gerrymandering."

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New Publication on Expanding Representation in Congress
A new publication, which emerged from the Academy's Our Common Purpose work, proposes alternatives to the “winner-take-all” system used in most U.S. elections. The proposed alternatives have the poten...
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The @nytimes.com and @natecohn.bsky.social shared their readers' ideas for how to stop gerrymandering. The most popular proposal? Proportional representation.

"Proportional representation would make gerrymandering irrelevant. But it would do a lot more than that." t.co/1nLM8D02E8
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/upshot/redistricting-gerrymandering-alternatives.html
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It really truly is. Anybody who looks at countries using first-past-the-post (aka plurality voting) sees a situation worth emulating.

#ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #FairSeats #MultiPartyAmerica
Democracy may be the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried, but FPTP is the worst form of democracy. We need proportional representation.
The tumultuous times we're facing make it clear that our political system is aging and in sore need of an update.

#ProportionalRepresentation is the highest priority fix.
Our two-party system creates zero-sum politics, driving gerrymandering and voter disillusionment. Most democracies use proportional representation instead, which encourages coalition-building and better reflects voter priorities.
Some people say “If you want to be heard, run for office.”

Cool. But maybe… just maybe… we should also fix a system that ignores most voters.

Start with #ProportionalRepresentation.
More and more people are hearing the message that #ProportionalRepresentation is THE best way to address gerrymandering.
Proportional representation was the most common solution proposed by readers.

Via Nate Cohn:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Readers Have Their Own Suggestions on Redistricting
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"Proportional representation would make gerrymandering irrelevant. But it would do a lot more than that.

Most importantly, proportional representation would make it far easier for small parties to win representation in the House."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Readers Have Their Own Suggestions on Redistricting
www.nytimes.com
It's true. With our current system, everybody gets divided into two camps that loathe each other and fight for majority power to steamroll the other.

In a multi-party system, we'd better respect each other's unique perspectives and come up with compromise solutions.
Changing the voting system to proportional representation will work wonders for non partisan attitude. The first past the post voting system creates polarization, as time passes, it becomes pernicious polarization. The US is now in the pernicious stage, which can lead to civil war.
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.