Lee Drutman
Person on 4 sites
American political scientist; senior fellow at New America and author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop (2020), an argument for proportional representation…
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Opening primaries to independents does not fix American politics; single-member districts are the problem. (opens korrents.com)
“Why isn't November the election that matters? Single-member districts are the problem. Primary reform doesn't fix that.”
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Representatives elected in open-primary states are no more independent or bipartisan than others. (opens korrents.com)
“Representatives elected in open primary states do not behave any differently in Congress. They are not more independent or more bipartisan.”
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Electoral reform and campaign finance reform should now be done together. (opens korrents.com)
“I think the moment has changed: it may now be both possible and necessary to do electoral and campaign finance reform together.”
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Opening primaries to independents does not fix American politics; single-member districts are the problem. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Tyranny of the Majority (opens rcmnd.app)
“So, one book that I think people should read is Lonnie Guineir's Tyranny of the Majority. Now, this was a a book that really influenced me in thinking about the value of proportional representation uh particularly for…”
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American Politics (opens rcmnd.app)
“Uh, another book I'd recommend is Sam Huntington's American uh, politics promise of disharmony, which is a a historical look at these eras of reform in American politics. And that we have this roughly 60-year cycle in…”
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Tyranny of the Majority (opens rcmnd.app)