Alaska
A Radical Idea for Fixing Congress: Proportional Representation | #alaska | #politics
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Google-News-Wire
- July 6, 2023
- America’s current system
- American democracy
- best way
- biggest victory yetThe changes
- Black representation
- black voters
- civil-rights era
- co-founder of Fix Our House
- congressional elections
- Congressman
- congressmen
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- council
- current winner-take
- Democratic Representative Don Beyer of Virginia
- democrats
- economy
- elections
- federal elections
- federal level
- frequently cited example of a multiparty system
- friends today
- frustrated election experts
- governor
- growing number of political-reform advocates
- house of representatives
- Katherine Gehl
- larger districts
- least hope
- Lee Drutman
- left-leaning New America Foundation
- mayor
- member of Congress
- moderate Democrat Mary Peltola
- Moderate Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski
- more representative government
- Multimember House districts
- multiparty democracy.Lee Drutman
- natural clustering of like-minded people
- new season of reform
- parties’ most ideological voters
- partisan gerrymandering
- partisan primaries
- policy advocate
- political scientist
- political-reform movement
- politics
- possible proposals
- president
- Proportional Representation
- radical change
- Ranked Choice Voting
- recent years
- republican
- Republican leaders
- senator
- senior fellow
- southern states
- support of some civil-rights activists
- U.S. Politics
- unachievable.Supporters of proportional representation
- vigorous competition of ideas
For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever gets the most votes will represent them and a few hundred thousand of their neighbors in the House of Representatives. In […]
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Alabama
State legislators react after US Supreme Court redistricting case | #elections | #alabama
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Google-News-Wire
- June 28, 2023
- 2024 elections
- checks and balances
- democrats
- federal elections
- Gov. Cooper
- moore vs harper
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- north carolina redistricting map
- presidential elections
- primary elections
- Republicans
- smartnews
- U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the theory backed by North Carolina Republicans that state courts shouldn’t have any authority over state lawmakers when it comes to federal elections — particularly when it comes to redistricting.Related: US Supreme Court rules in North Carolina’s redistricting caseThe Harper in Moore vs. Harper is Becky Harper, a member […]
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