"Reforming the U.S. system to adopt PR is a challenging but realistic goal." @jrdresden.bsky.social and Deborah Apau for @protectdemocracy.org protectdemocracy.org/work/fusion-...

Want to see how it could work? Here's a vision for making proportional representation a reality in America, from @leedrutman.bsky.social and @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The @nytimes.com and @natecohn.bsky.social shared their readers' ideas for how to stop gerrymandering. The most popular proposal? Proportional representation.

"Proportional representation would make gerrymandering irrelevant. But it would do a lot more than that." t.co/1nLM8D02E8

Great idea. Proportional representation advocacy in America needs funding!! We have thoughts!!

"Just as outdated software failed Americans when they needed help most, outdated winner-take-all elections are failing to deliver. It's time to upgrade to proportional representation." @oscarp.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/political-re...

Realizing we're trapped in a doom loop is the first step to getting out of it. Timely reading from @leedrutman.bsky.social leedrutman.substack.com/p/we-are-sti...

We have a uniquely old Congress because we have a uniquely rigid electoral system. No wonder young people feel like democracy is rigged -- in many ways, our system is rigged against them.
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"What made Omaha a weird city in 2024 was that its diversity was visible. To fix our failing politics, America needs an electoral system that makes our diversity visible everywhere."

"It’s one of those norms that legislators have been sticking to for decades. But it turns out they don’t need to — and they’re wringing every last drop of partisan advantage out."

This is why we need #ProportionalRepresentation nymag.com/intelligence...

American leadership is older today than at any other time in history.

Our new report with @newamerica.org and @protectdemocracy.org shows why that's not an accident: the rules of our electoral system favor old over young Americans.

Here's a thread on how that works 🧵

“I think a more proportional House is the way to go. @raskin.house.gov & @beyer.house.gov's Fair Representation Act really is the kind of thing that solves gerrymandering.”

– @davedaley.bsky.social talks ending gerrymandering w/ multi-member districts & #ProportionalRepresentation on @msnbc.com ⬇️

In @nationaljournal.com this AM -- the generational crisis in American politics is only getting worse. Our new report with @newamerica.org and @protectdemocracy.org explains how our electoral rules have rigged the game. t.co/2ChLECkcKV

Some graphs from our report on the age divide that really struck me: Almost 40% of US representatives are above retirement age and that is a uniquely American problem.

It also doesn't seem like term limits would help much: new members of Congress are...not that young!

Special thanks to @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social, Charlotte Hill, and @leedrutman.bsky.social for their guidance and feedback on this project!

A healthy representative government is possible in America, but to get there, we need reform!

Read the full report by @oscarp.bsky.social and @dustinwahl.bsky.social here: protectdemocracy.org/work/age-div...

America's winner-take-all electoral system has countless barriers for young people who want to participate in politics.

Proportional representation systems are — you guessed it — more representative.

The old age of our leaders is unique compared to the rest of the world.

We have the one of the largest age gaps between legislators and those they represent, and (by far) the largest share of representatives over 60.

Why is that?

American leadership is older today than at any other time in history.

Our new report with @newamerica.org and @protectdemocracy.org shows why that's not an accident: the rules of our electoral system favor old over young Americans.

Here's a thread on how that works 🧵

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.

QUICK REMINDER that the Constitution gives Congress the power to set the rules for its own elections.

That means Congress could effectively end gerrymandering immediately by switching to multi-member districts and proportional representation.

America's winner-take-all districts make voters into resources for the parties to divide. To get a democracy that's of, by, and for the people, we need proportional representation. @rstreet.bsky.social
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We've just returned from @netrootsnation.bsky.social, where Rank the Vote hosted: Ending Gridlock: The Case for Proportional Representation!

#ProportionalRepresentation #RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Portland #NN25 #NetrootsNation #NetrootsNation2025

Proportional representation aims to fix the core problem that makes gerrymandering possible, writes Jonathan Madison for @rstreet.bsky.social
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Authoritarians like Viktor Orban understand that in order to entrench power and make elections matter less, they just need to use America's electoral system of single-member districts.

Orban would look at Texas and say, what took y'all so long?
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