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...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"This is where #ProportionalRepresentation comes in. Instead of asking only, 'Which single dessert wins?' it asks a different question: if we are going to share this table, how many different desserts should be on it, and how do we decide which ones?"
www.civilbeat.org/2026/01/beth...
www.civilbeat.org/2026/01/beth...
Beth Fukumoto: The Sweet Side Of At-Large City Council Districts
A proposal before the Honolulu Charter Commission deserves thoughtful attention.
www.civilbeat.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"This is where #ProportionalRepresentation comes in. Instead of asking only, 'Which single dessert wins?' it asks a different question: if we are going to share this table, how many different desserts should be on it, and how do we decide which ones?"
www.civilbeat.org/2026/01/beth...
www.civilbeat.org/2026/01/beth...
It's great to see more and more people recognizing that #ProportionalRepresentation is the best fix for gerrymandering.
A 1967 federal law currently requires that states use single-member districts. Advocates for multi-member proportional representation would love to see Congress revisit this.
The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered
How are the new maps changing the midterms? Would proportional representation help? Why are courts not doing more? You asked, and we’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.
boltsmag.org
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
It's great to see more and more people recognizing that #ProportionalRepresentation is the best fix for gerrymandering.
#ProportionalRepresentation gives voters more freedom to choose.
Proportional-representation-based systems permit voters to express their own preferences (rather than strategically managing a party landscape) much more, whether or not there's outright collapse to two parties or just weird first-past-the-post strategic voting to navigate. /fin
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#ProportionalRepresentation gives voters more freedom to choose.
Exactly. That's what we're pushing California to do.
It's not really experimental. *Most* democracies use #ProportionalRepresentation. It's the US that's unusual.
It's not really experimental. *Most* democracies use #ProportionalRepresentation. It's the US that's unusual.
Congress could mandate that states use proportional representation, with parties getting a number of seats proportional to their share of the vote. Advocates are already pushing for some states to experiment with this reform.
The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered
How are the new maps changing the midterms? Would proportional representation help? Why are courts not doing more? You asked, and we’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.
boltsmag.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Exactly. That's what we're pushing California to do.
It's not really experimental. *Most* democracies use #ProportionalRepresentation. It's the US that's unusual.
It's not really experimental. *Most* democracies use #ProportionalRepresentation. It's the US that's unusual.
Reposted by ProRep Coalition
NEW VIDEO: Let's talk about proportional representation www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/lets-talk-...
Let’s talk about proportional representation
One big idea to end gerrymandering and get democracy back on track
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW VIDEO: Let's talk about proportional representation www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/lets-talk-...
#ProportionalRepresentation is the way to end gerrymandering.
Very few Americans understand how globally anomalous our gerrymandered, single-member representation scheme really is.
There is a better way. youtu.be/xN5V0au9Xms?...
There is a better way. youtu.be/xN5V0au9Xms?...
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#ProportionalRepresentation is the way to end gerrymandering.
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#ProportionalRepresentation can end this two-party doom loop of spiraling polarization and political violence.
That's the power of multi-member districts. They can create a more collaborative multi-party system where every party has incentives and the means to collaborate with others.
That's the power of multi-member districts. They can create a more collaborative multi-party system where every party has incentives and the means to collaborate with others.
Striking graph in @ronbrownstein.bsky.social column www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat... - causes are complex but multi-member districts are a great way to address this issue as well as the zero-sum politics it helps foster
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#ProportionalRepresentation can end this two-party doom loop of spiraling polarization and political violence.
That's the power of multi-member districts. They can create a more collaborative multi-party system where every party has incentives and the means to collaborate with others.
That's the power of multi-member districts. They can create a more collaborative multi-party system where every party has incentives and the means to collaborate with others.
Yes, getting representatives to act in our behalf requires real representation. #ProportionalRepresentation.
That would require an election system that actually gives representation to ALL of the votes — for ALL of the parties — equal representation.
The current system negates voters who choose an alternative party to the two establishment ones, suffocating change.
Proportional Representation
The current system negates voters who choose an alternative party to the two establishment ones, suffocating change.
Proportional Representation
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Yes, getting representatives to act in our behalf requires real representation. #ProportionalRepresentation.
"Political reforms to prevent [gerrymandering] from happening again (the most robust version would be #ProportionalRepresentation) are sorely needed..."
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
Indiana Republicans Reject Trump, Vote Down Gerrymander - The American Prospect
The full result of Trump’s election-rigging scheme shows almost no advantage. And the way things are going, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway.
prospect.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Political reforms to prevent [gerrymandering] from happening again (the most robust version would be #ProportionalRepresentation) are sorely needed..."
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
#ProportionalRepresentation is *the* fix for gerrymandering.
Increasing the House would be good for other reasons but do very little about gerrymandering. State legislatures with much smaller districts are still badly gerrymandered.
Proportional representation would make gerrymandering impossible, or Congress could impose strict limits on House redistricting
Proportional representation would make gerrymandering impossible, or Congress could impose strict limits on House redistricting
435 isn’t a magic constitutional number. Congress can and should enlarge the size of the House. But it won’t.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#ProportionalRepresentation is *the* fix for gerrymandering.
The EIU's Democracy Index ranks countries on how well democracy works. What do the top countries have in common?
#ProportionalRepresentation
What California has: winner-take-all elections and endless gridlock. We can do better!
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #MultipartyAmerica
#ProportionalRepresentation
What California has: winner-take-all elections and endless gridlock. We can do better!
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #MultipartyAmerica
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The EIU's Democracy Index ranks countries on how well democracy works. What do the top countries have in common?
#ProportionalRepresentation
What California has: winner-take-all elections and endless gridlock. We can do better!
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #MultipartyAmerica
#ProportionalRepresentation
What California has: winner-take-all elections and endless gridlock. We can do better!
#ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #MultipartyAmerica
“If we want to protect democracy, if we want all our votes to count, and if we want our government to be more representative, we must adopt a system of #ProportionalRepresentation, giving parties seats matching their percentage of the vote.”
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... (paywalled)
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... (paywalled)
Could liberal California wind up with a Trumpist governor? Yes. Here’s how
OPINION: California needs an insurance policy: the Legislature must pass a bill to allow write-in candidates to run in our November elections, Joe Mathews writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“If we want to protect democracy, if we want all our votes to count, and if we want our government to be more representative, we must adopt a system of #ProportionalRepresentation, giving parties seats matching their percentage of the vote.”
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... (paywalled)
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... (paywalled)
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
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/beth...
#ProportionalRepresentation
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/beth...
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
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/beth...
#ProportionalRepresentation
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/beth...
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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
Reposted by ProRep Coalition
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:
enewspaper.mercurynews.com/infinity/art...
enewspaper.mercurynews.com/infinity/art...
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:
enewspaper.mercurynews.com/infinity/art...
enewspaper.mercurynews.com/infinity/art...
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