Jen Dresden
@jrdresden.bsky.social
Political Scientist | Ex-Professor | Democracy Advocate
Personal account, views are my own, etc.
Personal account, views are my own, etc.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What's more, fusion could help open additional pathways to ever larger reform to get the US out of its current predicament: protectdemocracy.org/work/fusion-...
Fusion voting as a path to proportional representation
Efforts to relegalize electoral fusion and introduce proportional representation can work together to build a better democracy.
protectdemocracy.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What's more, fusion could help open additional pathways to ever larger reform to get the US out of its current predicament: protectdemocracy.org/work/fusion-...
Fusion used to be common practice in the United States. Bringing it back could help address some of the fundamental problems in our current politics. www.newamerica.org/political-re...
The Case for Fusion Voting and a Multiparty Democracy in America
American democracy is stuck in a hyper-partisan “doom loop” of escalating division and polarization.
www.newamerica.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fusion used to be common practice in the United States. Bringing it back could help address some of the fundamental problems in our current politics. www.newamerica.org/political-re...
For starters - democratic backsliding is neither inevitable nor permanent. Lots of democracies avoid it, and many of those that don’t are able to bounce back by protecting key institutions and leaning into collective action.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For starters - democratic backsliding is neither inevitable nor permanent. Lots of democracies avoid it, and many of those that don’t are able to bounce back by protecting key institutions and leaning into collective action.
www.v-dem.net/media/public...
www.v-dem.net/media/public...
I would like to live in a world where I do not seriously consider setting this up as a recurring auto-post every 5 days.
September 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I would like to live in a world where I do not seriously consider setting this up as a recurring auto-post every 5 days.
Not sure what PR looks like? Revisit this great explainer for the basics:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem
Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Not sure what PR looks like? Revisit this great explainer for the basics:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...