More Parties, Please!
@morepartiesplz.bsky.social
America deserves more political parties, and changing our voting methods is how we get them! I’m just a dude trying to convince you that it’s worth hoping for.
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A friend’s response when I told them about House Res 20, which would explore the kinds of voting reforms that could give us more political parties:
“Brilliant but the cynic in me says no one wants to give up their power or actually fix things.”
My response? Check the replies
“Brilliant but the cynic in me says no one wants to give up their power or actually fix things.”
My response? Check the replies
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The @americanbar.org released its Democracy Task Force Final Report, sharing a roadmap for strengthening democracy that ranges from election reform, including fusion voting, to campaign finance reform. Worth a read if you care about preserving democratic norms. 🗳️📘 www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
American Bar Association releases final report of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2025 —The American Bar Association today announced the release of the final report of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, a two-year, bipartisan effort to address the most…
www.americanbar.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The @americanbar.org released its Democracy Task Force Final Report, sharing a roadmap for strengthening democracy that ranges from election reform, including fusion voting, to campaign finance reform. Worth a read if you care about preserving democratic norms. 🗳️📘 www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
@60minutes.bsky.social Please do a segment on the ongoing gerrymandering standoff, and how Proportional Representation would be an effective solution.
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
“PR” Should Stand for Proportional Representation, Not Petty Redistricting - R Street Institute
America’s system of representative government faces a dire threat. Both major parties are openly racing to redraw congressional maps mid-decade, purely for partisan gain. This gambit undermines the ve...
www.rstreet.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@60minutes.bsky.social Please do a segment on the ongoing gerrymandering standoff, and how Proportional Representation would be an effective solution.
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
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fighting gerrymanders can seem hopeless, but there is a solution. big moment right now for people to see districting and the two-party system as inherently linked, and a relic of our archaic electoral rules. congress has the power to ban partisan gerrymandering and establish multi-member districts.
August 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
fighting gerrymanders can seem hopeless, but there is a solution. big moment right now for people to see districting and the two-party system as inherently linked, and a relic of our archaic electoral rules. congress has the power to ban partisan gerrymandering and establish multi-member districts.
@lastweektonight.com Please do a segment on the ongoing gerrymandering standoff, and include possible solutions, such as independent districting commissions and Proportional Representation.
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@lastweektonight.com Please do a segment on the ongoing gerrymandering standoff, and include possible solutions, such as independent districting commissions and Proportional Representation.
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Feels almost silly to talk about party reform while democracy burns—but we have to. The cruelty, chaos, & capture we’re seeing? All made possible by our broken, winner-take-all two-party system. It’s not just undemocratic—it’s unstable.
June 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Feels almost silly to talk about party reform while democracy burns—but we have to. The cruelty, chaos, & capture we’re seeing? All made possible by our broken, winner-take-all two-party system. It’s not just undemocratic—it’s unstable.
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Great to see R Street come out in support of proportional representation.
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
June 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great to see R Street come out in support of proportional representation.
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
www.rstreet.org/commentary/p...
I found this cool Proportional Representation (closed-list) simulator from the University of Maryland. Anybody know of any others? Maybe an open-list simulator?
user.eng.umd.edu/~yavuz/elect...
user.eng.umd.edu/~yavuz/elect...
Election Calculator
user.eng.umd.edu
June 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I found this cool Proportional Representation (closed-list) simulator from the University of Maryland. Anybody know of any others? Maybe an open-list simulator?
user.eng.umd.edu/~yavuz/elect...
user.eng.umd.edu/~yavuz/elect...
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It's time to stop pretending that our current system favors moderates over extremists. *Any* disproportional system risks giving too much power to fringe groups.
#ProportionalRepresentation is the only system that ensures that each group gets the seats they earned.
#ProportionalRepresentation is the only system that ensures that each group gets the seats they earned.
"Yeah proportional representation is great in theory but it would favour the fringe parties and give the hard right an advantage whereas FPTP favours broad-church moderation." This myth has been fully exploded in the US and UK since 2016.
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's time to stop pretending that our current system favors moderates over extremists. *Any* disproportional system risks giving too much power to fringe groups.
#ProportionalRepresentation is the only system that ensures that each group gets the seats they earned.
#ProportionalRepresentation is the only system that ensures that each group gets the seats they earned.
Open List Proportional Representation is where it’s at.
April 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Open List Proportional Representation is where it’s at.
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Seems like a good time to remind everyone that maintaining our unpopular two-party system is a choice, and we can make a choice to have more choice: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
April 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Seems like a good time to remind everyone that maintaining our unpopular two-party system is a choice, and we can make a choice to have more choice: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@leedrutman.bsky.social Are you going to release an updated version of “Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop” with your new recommendations of Open-List PR and Fusion Voting over STV and RCV?
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@leedrutman.bsky.social Are you going to release an updated version of “Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop” with your new recommendations of Open-List PR and Fusion Voting over STV and RCV?
Trump should advocate for Proportional Representation: He’d probably get a party named after him! And the Trump Party would continue to exist long after his tenure as President.
April 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump should advocate for Proportional Representation: He’d probably get a party named after him! And the Trump Party would continue to exist long after his tenure as President.
We’re in this position because there are only two parties and Trump is in control of one of them, disincentivizing Reagan Republicans from loudly denouncing Trump’s policies.
Time to enact Proportional Representation? Or AT LEAST pass HR 20 from @gluesenkampperez.house.gov and @golden.house.gov?
Time to enact Proportional Representation? Or AT LEAST pass HR 20 from @gluesenkampperez.house.gov and @golden.house.gov?
April 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We’re in this position because there are only two parties and Trump is in control of one of them, disincentivizing Reagan Republicans from loudly denouncing Trump’s policies.
Time to enact Proportional Representation? Or AT LEAST pass HR 20 from @gluesenkampperez.house.gov and @golden.house.gov?
Time to enact Proportional Representation? Or AT LEAST pass HR 20 from @gluesenkampperez.house.gov and @golden.house.gov?
@natear.bsky.social hey, I used to follow you on X before you jumped ship. I remember you posted once about liking Alaska’s Final 4 RCV voting system, and was curious if you knew about Proportional Representation, or if you had seen this article from Lee Drutman?
Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem (Gift Article)
Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@natear.bsky.social hey, I used to follow you on X before you jumped ship. I remember you posted once about liking Alaska’s Final 4 RCV voting system, and was curious if you knew about Proportional Representation, or if you had seen this article from Lee Drutman?
Whichever Spider-Person you might be, let’s not point fingers. Let’s just remember that we’re all Spider-People who agree that plurality voting suuuuucks.
(… and that Proportional Representation is the best.)
(… and that Proportional Representation is the best.)
March 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Whichever Spider-Person you might be, let’s not point fingers. Let’s just remember that we’re all Spider-People who agree that plurality voting suuuuucks.
(… and that Proportional Representation is the best.)
(… and that Proportional Representation is the best.)
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Happy #PiDay! 🎉 Just like π, our democracy should be limitless—not stuck in a two-party loop. 🌀
Fusion voting gives voters more choices & more power—because democracy works better when everyone gets a slice. 🗳️🥧 #FusionVoting
Fusion voting gives voters more choices & more power—because democracy works better when everyone gets a slice. 🗳️🥧 #FusionVoting
March 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy #PiDay! 🎉 Just like π, our democracy should be limitless—not stuck in a two-party loop. 🌀
Fusion voting gives voters more choices & more power—because democracy works better when everyone gets a slice. 🗳️🥧 #FusionVoting
Fusion voting gives voters more choices & more power—because democracy works better when everyone gets a slice. 🗳️🥧 #FusionVoting
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"We are not sleepwalkers, fated for disaster. We stand fully awake. We know the status quo is unacceptable.
So enough with the doom and gloom. The time demands action.
Let's reimagine. Let's rebuild. Let's turn this mess around." leedrutman.substack.com/p/what-i-tol...
So enough with the doom and gloom. The time demands action.
Let's reimagine. Let's rebuild. Let's turn this mess around." leedrutman.substack.com/p/what-i-tol...
What I told the Democracy Summit audience last week
I gave a keynote talk. I called it: "Building Back a Better Democracy"
leedrutman.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"We are not sleepwalkers, fated for disaster. We stand fully awake. We know the status quo is unacceptable.
So enough with the doom and gloom. The time demands action.
Let's reimagine. Let's rebuild. Let's turn this mess around." leedrutman.substack.com/p/what-i-tol...
So enough with the doom and gloom. The time demands action.
Let's reimagine. Let's rebuild. Let's turn this mess around." leedrutman.substack.com/p/what-i-tol...
Hey @lastweektonight.com how about an episode explaining the connection between the US’s two-party system and its voting methods?
March 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hey @lastweektonight.com how about an episode explaining the connection between the US’s two-party system and its voting methods?
The idea that we can change how we elect our representatives seems to bounce off of people, because our voting methods seem like such a given.
But actually, America has previously implemented electoral reforms!
But actually, America has previously implemented electoral reforms!
March 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The idea that we can change how we elect our representatives seems to bounce off of people, because our voting methods seem like such a given.
But actually, America has previously implemented electoral reforms!
But actually, America has previously implemented electoral reforms!
There are always more immediate political fires to be put out. But the two-party system makes our politics so much more flammable, because it enables arsonists.
March 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There are always more immediate political fires to be put out. But the two-party system makes our politics so much more flammable, because it enables arsonists.
I think we should start referring to GenAI models as “genies” because
1) they kinda sound the same, and
2) similar to genies, you have to state what you want VERY precisely or they’re going to mess it up.
1) they kinda sound the same, and
2) similar to genies, you have to state what you want VERY precisely or they’re going to mess it up.
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think we should start referring to GenAI models as “genies” because
1) they kinda sound the same, and
2) similar to genies, you have to state what you want VERY precisely or they’re going to mess it up.
1) they kinda sound the same, and
2) similar to genies, you have to state what you want VERY precisely or they’re going to mess it up.
Me and my friend trying desperately to explain to someone that America’s political dysfunction is connected to its voting methods.
two men in suits are dancing in a hallway with the words hear us out above them
ALT: two men in suits are dancing in a hallway with the words hear us out above them
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Me and my friend trying desperately to explain to someone that America’s political dysfunction is connected to its voting methods.
A friend’s response when I told them about House Res 20, which would explore the kinds of voting reforms that could give us more political parties:
“Brilliant but the cynic in me says no one wants to give up their power or actually fix things.”
My response? Check the replies
“Brilliant but the cynic in me says no one wants to give up their power or actually fix things.”
My response? Check the replies
March 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A friend’s response when I told them about House Res 20, which would explore the kinds of voting reforms that could give us more political parties:
“Brilliant but the cynic in me says no one wants to give up their power or actually fix things.”
My response? Check the replies
“Brilliant but the cynic in me says no one wants to give up their power or actually fix things.”
My response? Check the replies
Them: “There’s no way for America to break out of its two-party system!”
Me: “Actually, we could, if we changed our voting methods.”
Them: “Yeah, but the people in charge will never let that happen.”
Me: “They said the same thing about Trump becoming president in 2016…”
Me: “Actually, we could, if we changed our voting methods.”
Them: “Yeah, but the people in charge will never let that happen.”
Me: “They said the same thing about Trump becoming president in 2016…”
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Them: “There’s no way for America to break out of its two-party system!”
Me: “Actually, we could, if we changed our voting methods.”
Them: “Yeah, but the people in charge will never let that happen.”
Me: “They said the same thing about Trump becoming president in 2016…”
Me: “Actually, we could, if we changed our voting methods.”
Them: “Yeah, but the people in charge will never let that happen.”
Me: “They said the same thing about Trump becoming president in 2016…”
@leedrutman.bsky.social is a political scientist who’s all about the US getting more parties. He recently cowrote this excellent NYT article explaining why we should make it happen (and more excitingly, how it’s possible).
And it includes some really awesome visuals to help get the points across!👇
And it includes some really awesome visuals to help get the points across!👇
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@leedrutman.bsky.social is a political scientist who’s all about the US getting more parties. He recently cowrote this excellent NYT article explaining why we should make it happen (and more excitingly, how it’s possible).
And it includes some really awesome visuals to help get the points across!👇
And it includes some really awesome visuals to help get the points across!👇