ProRep Coalition
@prorepcoalition.bsky.social
We’re a nonprofit leading the campaign for multiparty democracy through proportional representation in California. Join us! 🌻
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New article from ProRep's Executive Director in the Mercury News and East Bay Times today! www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/21/o...
This guy gets it.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #EndGerrymandering #MultipartyAmerica #FairSeats
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #EndGerrymandering #MultipartyAmerica #FairSeats
If you genuinely want multiparty democracy of the sort seen in Europe, you’re going to have to have third parties building power bases at the local level and supporting major electoral reform, above all proportional representation.
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#ProportionalRepresentation is the way forward through this gerrymandering mess and out of the two-party doom loop.
A great way to avoid future chaos? Congress should mandate proportional representation.
No more endless legal limbo.
No more gerrymandering.
Easy peezy lemon squeezy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
No more endless legal limbo.
No more gerrymandering.
Easy peezy lemon squeezy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Chaos Reigns as Texas Awaits Supreme Court’s Ruling on Redistricting
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#ProportionalRepresentation is the way forward through this gerrymandering mess and out of the two-party doom loop.
"I see more clearly what problem Common Cause is trying to solve and why proportional, at-large elections might be one way to solve it in a city that is both highly diverse and relatively small.”
#ProportionalRepresentation
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#ProportionalRepresentation
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Beth Fukumoto: Could Islandwide City Council Seats Increase Diversity?
At first glance this proposed Honolulu city charter amendment sounded like a bad idea. But maybe not.
www.civilbeat.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"I see more clearly what problem Common Cause is trying to solve and why proportional, at-large elections might be one way to solve it in a city that is both highly diverse and relatively small.”
#ProportionalRepresentation
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#ProportionalRepresentation
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"Americans know the system isn’t working, and gerrymandering is just another bandage on a deep wound. #ProportionalRepresentation is the cure."
– Caledon Myers of @prorepcoalition.bsky.social on how PR stops gerrymandering and gives every voter a voice
– Caledon Myers of @prorepcoalition.bsky.social on how PR stops gerrymandering and gives every voter a voice
Opinion: After Prop. 50, we need to ask: Can’t we create a better democracy?
Redrawing districts won’t save us. Proportional representation offers the best solution for an out-of-touch government.
www.eastbaytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Americans know the system isn’t working, and gerrymandering is just another bandage on a deep wound. #ProportionalRepresentation is the cure."
– Caledon Myers of @prorepcoalition.bsky.social on how PR stops gerrymandering and gives every voter a voice
– Caledon Myers of @prorepcoalition.bsky.social on how PR stops gerrymandering and gives every voter a voice
Two-party systems are pretty terrible at creating policies we actually want.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
When governments flip direction every cycle, long term projects stall and public trust sinks.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Two-party systems are pretty terrible at creating policies we actually want.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
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Opinion: After Prop. 50, we need to ask: Can’t we create a better democracy? trib.al/DwVZBVj
Opinion: After Prop. 50, we need to ask: Can’t we create a better democracy?
Redrawing districts won’t save us. Proportional representation offers the best solution for an out-of-touch government.
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Opinion: After Prop. 50, we need to ask: Can’t we create a better democracy? trib.al/DwVZBVj
New article from ProRep's Executive Director in the Mercury News and East Bay Times today! www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/21/o...
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
New article from ProRep's Executive Director in the Mercury News and East Bay Times today! www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/21/o...
Reposted by ProRep Coalition
This sounds like a plan, proportional representation:
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Two-party rule is not serving our nation well
Two-party rule is not serving our nation well
enewspaper.mercurynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This sounds like a plan, proportional representation:
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Real talk: When was the last time your vote actually mattered in a California legislative race? Most districts are so safe that the primary decides everything.
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Real talk: When was the last time your vote actually mattered in a California legislative race? Most districts are so safe that the primary decides everything.
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
"[W]e must institute a multiparty democracy (via #ProportionalRepresentation like most democracies) and an executive more like a prime minister than the imperial president we seem doomed to endure under our current constitution."
My recent piece in @liberalcurrents.com on proportional representation and reigning in the Imperial Presidency.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again
It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"[W]e must institute a multiparty democracy (via #ProportionalRepresentation like most democracies) and an executive more like a prime minister than the imperial president we seem doomed to endure under our current constitution."
I'm not saying Utah can't have a place for progressives, but the way to do that is through proportional representation not gerrymandered-forced representation.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's time we upgrade our system to a fair one. The proportion of seats ought to match the proportion of votes.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
Proportional representation is the cure for what ails the U.S.—
Allows for both local representation AND breaks the two-party/winner take all system.
protectdemocracy.org/work/proport...
Allows for both local representation AND breaks the two-party/winner take all system.
protectdemocracy.org/work/proport...
Proportional representation, explained
Proportional representation is an electoral system that elects multiple representatives in each district in proportion to the number of people who vote for them.
protectdemocracy.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's time we upgrade our system to a fair one. The proportion of seats ought to match the proportion of votes.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
Keep spreading the word about #ProportionalRepresentation. People are hearing us!
Americans are more open than ever to adopting proportional representation, according to a Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll. Learn more about this path out of our winner-take-all elections gridlock: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/
Proportional representation, explained
Proportional representation is an electoral system that elects multiple representatives in each district in proportion to the number of people who vote for them.
protectdemocracy.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Keep spreading the word about #ProportionalRepresentation. People are hearing us!
“...[P]roportional voting is arguably far more democratic than the US winner takes all system because there would be far fewer wasted votes. Nearly all voters... would help elect a candidate they support and have their views represented in the district.”
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Ep. 1 - How to Make Moderates Matter
YouTube video by Make Moderates Matter
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November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“...[P]roportional voting is arguably far more democratic than the US winner takes all system because there would be far fewer wasted votes. Nearly all voters... would help elect a candidate they support and have their views represented in the district.”
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"Proportional representation would effectively neuter any attempt to gerrymander. First, multi-member districts would mean fewer lines to draw and, therefore, fewer opportunities to gerrymander. Second, the remaining district lines become far less important."
fairvote.org/california-p...
fairvote.org/california-p...
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Proportional representation would effectively neuter any attempt to gerrymander. First, multi-member districts would mean fewer lines to draw and, therefore, fewer opportunities to gerrymander. Second, the remaining district lines become far less important."
fairvote.org/california-p...
fairvote.org/california-p...
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Thanks @capitolweekly.bsky.social for highlighting @prorepcoalition.bsky.social and #ProportionalRepresentation ! However you vote on #Prop50 its time for California to move on from our dysfunctional and dangerous two-party system and build something better. #democracy
New Op-ed!
"To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform."
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"To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform."
capitolweekly.net/its-time-for...
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thanks @capitolweekly.bsky.social for highlighting @prorepcoalition.bsky.social and #ProportionalRepresentation ! However you vote on #Prop50 its time for California to move on from our dysfunctional and dangerous two-party system and build something better. #democracy
New Op-ed!
"To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform."
capitolweekly.net/its-time-for...
"To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform."
capitolweekly.net/its-time-for...
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New Op-ed!
"To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform."
capitolweekly.net/its-time-for...
"To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform."
capitolweekly.net/its-time-for...
"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.
#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
substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"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.
#ProportionalRepresentation is what we need to address this.
Yes, it's about time we talk about #ProportionalRepresentation, the most elegant way to address gerrymandering in a way that's fair to *everyone*.
In light of gerry-mania, let's talk...
✨proportional representation✨
✨proportional representation✨
Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system
www.theunpopulist.net
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yes, it's about time we talk about #ProportionalRepresentation, the most elegant way to address gerrymandering in a way that's fair to *everyone*.
“Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley, with guest @robrichie.bsky.social… explore fixes [to gerrymandering and “safe” seats] like proportional representation...”
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Safe Seats Exposed: Gerrymandering's Grip on Voter Power and Reform Paths
Podcast Episode · Solving America's Problems · 10/28/2025 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley, with guest @robrichie.bsky.social… explore fixes [to gerrymandering and “safe” seats] like proportional representation...”
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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
podcasts.apple.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"@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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*taps sign* in any event, proportional representation! @theunpopulist.net
Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system
www.theunpopulist.net
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
*taps sign* in any event, proportional representation! @theunpopulist.net
"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...
thefulcrum.us
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"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."
thefulcrum.us/electoral-re...
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Want to see more choices at the ballot box?
Support #ProportionalRepresentation.
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #MultiPartyAmerica
Support #ProportionalRepresentation.
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #MultiPartyAmerica
What might a different political system look like? @leedrutman.bsky.social explains to @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy how proportional representation could transform our elections and democracy:
www.cbsnews.com/video/is-it-...
www.cbsnews.com/video/is-it-...
Is it time for a third party in American politics
As the government shutdown enters its third week, frustration with Washington is growing. A new Gallup poll shows 62% of Americans believe a third party is needed, but many fear their vote would be wa...
www.cbsnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Want to see more choices at the ballot box?
Support #ProportionalRepresentation.
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #MultiPartyAmerica
Support #ProportionalRepresentation.
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #MultiPartyAmerica
“We also advocate #ProportionalRepresentation as a long way to ensure that every vote counts and every voice is heard.”
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Proposed NC voting map would decrease Black representation
North Carolinians are speaking up as state Republicans rush to change the congressional voting map and improve their chances in the midterms next year.The map largely affects Congressional District 1,
app.publicnewsservice.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“We also advocate #ProportionalRepresentation as a long way to ensure that every vote counts and every voice is heard.”
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