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If you care about a better democracy, check out the This Old Democracy podcast with @msifry.bsky.social. From fusion voting to proportional representation—and lots more—guests like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @leedrutman.bsky.social make it a must-listen. Time to renovate our country!
This Old Democracy: A Project of the Center for Ballot Freedom
This Old Democracy is a regular podcast that explores the ideas, movements, and people working to rescue our faltering political system — and rebuild American democracy on a stronger, more inclusive, ...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If you care about a better democracy, check out the This Old Democracy podcast with @msifry.bsky.social. From fusion voting to proportional representation—and lots more—guests like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @leedrutman.bsky.social make it a must-listen. Time to renovate our country!
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How can any responsible government look at a poll average that predicts a massive majority for an unpopular Reform government and not take serious moves to introduce proportional representation? Act now before it is too late.
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How can any responsible government look at a poll average that predicts a massive majority for an unpopular Reform government and not take serious moves to introduce proportional representation? Act now before it is too late.
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What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system.
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system.
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
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It’s no surprise #RankedChoiceVoting is one of the nation's fastest-growing election reforms, now used in over 50 locations.
Exit polls and surveys consistently find that voters like and understand it!
Exit polls and surveys consistently find that voters like and understand it!
Exit Surveys: Voters Love Ranked Choice Voting - FairVote
This short document collects exit poll results from ranked choice voting jurisdictions across the country. Ranked choice voting polls find that voters like and understand RCV.
fairvote.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It’s no surprise #RankedChoiceVoting is one of the nation's fastest-growing election reforms, now used in over 50 locations.
Exit polls and surveys consistently find that voters like and understand it!
Exit polls and surveys consistently find that voters like and understand it!
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Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
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We're all set up at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market #Transformations. Come and have a chat with us and add your voice to our poster on why we need #ProportionalRepresentationNow !
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We're all set up at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market #Transformations. Come and have a chat with us and add your voice to our poster on why we need #ProportionalRepresentationNow !
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BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
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It’s time for Proportional Representation. Please sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s time for Proportional Representation. Please sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
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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...
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...
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🎧 @lisadtrice.bsky.social of @growdemocracydc.bsky.social joins @expanddemocracy.bsky.social on their new podcast!
Lisa discusses the successful campaign to bring #RankedChoiceVoting to Washington, DC and how structural reforms rebuild trust in elections ⬇️
Lisa discusses the successful campaign to bring #RankedChoiceVoting to Washington, DC and how structural reforms rebuild trust in elections ⬇️
Democracy Defense is For the People, Not Parties (ft. Lisa Rice)
Podcast Episode · The Democracy Lab · 11/20/2025 · 48m
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November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎧 @lisadtrice.bsky.social of @growdemocracydc.bsky.social joins @expanddemocracy.bsky.social on their new podcast!
Lisa discusses the successful campaign to bring #RankedChoiceVoting to Washington, DC and how structural reforms rebuild trust in elections ⬇️
Lisa discusses the successful campaign to bring #RankedChoiceVoting to Washington, DC and how structural reforms rebuild trust in elections ⬇️
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Voters in Hart, MI learned about #RankedChoiceVoting with @rankmivote.bsky.social!
As @joespaulding.bsky.social said, RCV “rewards candidates and campaigns that speak to the issues that matter to voters.”
As @joespaulding.bsky.social said, RCV “rewards candidates and campaigns that speak to the issues that matter to voters.”
Rank MI Vote speaker promotes ranked choice voting in Hart
Ranked choice voting discussion draws interest in Hart
www.shorelinemedia.net
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Voters in Hart, MI learned about #RankedChoiceVoting with @rankmivote.bsky.social!
As @joespaulding.bsky.social said, RCV “rewards candidates and campaigns that speak to the issues that matter to voters.”
As @joespaulding.bsky.social said, RCV “rewards candidates and campaigns that speak to the issues that matter to voters.”
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"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
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Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into play?
electoral-reform.org.uk/forced-to-ma...
electoral-reform.org.uk/forced-to-ma...
Forced to make a tactical vote? We shouldn’t have to vote for the least bad option
Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into pl
electoral-reform.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into play?
electoral-reform.org.uk/forced-to-ma...
electoral-reform.org.uk/forced-to-ma...
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Here's a crazy idea, if more people vote for a party's candidates, more of them should be elected - and vice versa. Something First Past the Post has repeatedly failed on.
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Here's a crazy idea, if more people vote for a party's candidates, more of them should be elected - and vice versa. Something First Past the Post has repeatedly failed on.
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Safe seats, swing riding pressure, and unchecked power are built into first-past-the-post.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Safe seats, swing riding pressure, and unchecked power are built into first-past-the-post.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
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Earlier this month, Minneapolis used #RankedChoiceVoting for its mayoral race! We interviewed voters to see how they enjoyed using it on the day of the election. Here's what they had to say: youtube.com/shorts/qyJyk...
#RCV #Minneapolis #Midwest #Democracy #Politics
#RCV #Minneapolis #Midwest #Democracy #Politics
How did Minneapolis voters feel about using #RankedChoiceVoting ?
YouTube video by FairVote Illinois
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Earlier this month, Minneapolis used #RankedChoiceVoting for its mayoral race! We interviewed voters to see how they enjoyed using it on the day of the election. Here's what they had to say: youtube.com/shorts/qyJyk...
#RCV #Minneapolis #Midwest #Democracy #Politics
#RCV #Minneapolis #Midwest #Democracy #Politics
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Canada keeps getting budgets shaped by governments that win less than half the vote. When whole regions are shut out, national priorities get skewed.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Canada keeps getting budgets shaped by governments that win less than half the vote. When whole regions are shut out, national priorities get skewed.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
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One of our lead volunteers, Abigail, met with @chicagosmayor.bsky.social last week to discuss bringing #RankedChoiceVoting to Chicago to increase voter engagement, give voters more choices, and save $! The mayor was supportive!
#Chicago #ChicagoPolitics #RCV #ChicagoIllinois #Democracy #Illinois
#Chicago #ChicagoPolitics #RCV #ChicagoIllinois #Democracy #Illinois
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One of our lead volunteers, Abigail, met with @chicagosmayor.bsky.social last week to discuss bringing #RankedChoiceVoting to Chicago to increase voter engagement, give voters more choices, and save $! The mayor was supportive!
#Chicago #ChicagoPolitics #RCV #ChicagoIllinois #Democracy #Illinois
#Chicago #ChicagoPolitics #RCV #ChicagoIllinois #Democracy #Illinois
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The risky choice is sticking with First Past the Post at Westminster
Labour must accept that the two-party age is over and embrace PR | Letters
Letters: Backing proportional representation would be in Labour’s interests, writes John Culley, while Austen Lynch says the greater risk is continuing with the current system
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The risky choice is sticking with First Past the Post at Westminster
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History fans out there will remember the 1983 General Election, when the SDP-Liberal Alliance won 25% of the vote and just 23 seats. With Westminster's bizarre First Past the Post system, two parties can get the same number of votes and get wildly different numbers of seats.
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
History fans out there will remember the 1983 General Election, when the SDP-Liberal Alliance won 25% of the vote and just 23 seats. With Westminster's bizarre First Past the Post system, two parties can get the same number of votes and get wildly different numbers of seats.
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“If you had electoral reform... people could feel confident that, wherever they are, they could vote in a way that makes sense.”
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“If you had electoral reform... people could feel confident that, wherever they are, they could vote in a way that makes sense.”
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
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Anna Dixon MP: "Today, maybe for the first time, a fair voting system feels not only a possibility, but a necessity" renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Electoral reform's time has come
During the Blair and Brown era, supporting proportional representation felt revolutionary. At Labour Party Conference, year after year, we were seen as the ‘cranks’, left to discuss our vision for a…
renewal.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Anna Dixon MP: "Today, maybe for the first time, a fair voting system feels not only a possibility, but a necessity" renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
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💥 Recently in the Guardian:
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
Britain’s two-party politics is fragmenting: what unintended consequences await? | Andy Beckett
On one hand, no more safe seats or long careers could mean less complacency. On the other, no big parties could mean greater corporate influence, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
💥 Recently in the Guardian:
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
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💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion