"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

BREAKING NEWS: Trump's latest authoritarian attempt to persecute his political opponents has failed. A judge dismissed the cases against James Comey & Letitia James after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed. This is a victory for the American people & the rule of law.

New article from ProRep's Executive Director in the Mercury News and East Bay Times today! www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/21/o...

Opinion: After Prop. 50, we need to ask: Can’t we create a better democracy? trib.al/DwVZBVj

Two-party systems are pretty terrible at creating policies we actually want. #ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization

This sounds like a plan, proportional representation: enewspaper.mercurynews.com/infinity/art...

There’s really nothing funny about the #WarOnDrugs or #DrugProhibition, but we’ve utilized the artistry at our disposal to illustrate this #immoral issue nonetheless. Download the cartoons: www.prohibitionblunder.org/_files/ugd/7... #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs

Basically seems like Trump is trying to get Ukraine to yield to Putin's demands. The plan "would amount to Ukraine giving up its sovereignty... cede the remainder of the eastern Donbas region... that Russian be recognised as an official state language in Ukraine" etc. www.ft.com/content/2353...

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

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!

"[A]round eight million properties lie in areas the Federal Emergency Management Agency designates as flood zones, with a 1% or higher chance of flooding every year. ...[A]nother nearly 13 million properties outside the zones with the same level of flood risk." www.wsj.com/us-news/lood...

"[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."

Fairness matters. #ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndGerrymandering

"[T]he president... said... payments of at least $2,000 would be made to everyone but high-income earners." Prety close to UBI, a better way to help the poor than programs with benefit cliffs that create poverty traps. And a way to counter the AI job apocalypse! www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Yes. The Big Two Parties (political-corporate class) in the UK, US and Canada benefit from the winner take all First Past The Post electoral system. Most democracies switched to some variant of proportional representation years ago: @fairvote.bsky.social

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

Read the Epstein emails alleging Trump knew of his activities

I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)

"[A] grand jury declined to indict Dunn... defying the adage that grand juries so easily sign off on charges that one could 'indict a ham sandwich." But I so wish they'd kept the original print edition headline: "Jury Finds Sandwich Assault Didn't Cut Mustard." www.wsj.com/us-news/d-c-...

TODAY: President Trump’s troop deployments in American cities pose real threats to civil liberties and the rule of law.  Experts will discuss the legality of this. Join us for a virtual event on Mon., Nov. 10, at 3pm EST. RSVP: bit.ly/4hJjSnB

Proportional representation is popular!

The biggest hurdle for PR isn't that it's too abstract or hard to explain. It's that "each party gets seats according to how many votes it gets" is how many people assume it already works! Isn't that just democracy? You have to explain that's not the case and they're instantly annoyed by finding out

48% yes, 19% no, 32% don't know for proportional representation. That's with very little public campaign for PR so far. Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.

Keep spreading the word about #ProportionalRepresentation. People are hearing us!

Americans are more open than ever to adopting proportional representation, according to a Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll. Learn more about this path out of our winner-take-all elections gridlock: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/

“...[P]roportional voting is arguably far more democratic than the US winner takes all system because there would be far fewer wasted votes. Nearly all voters... would help elect a candidate they support and have their views represented in the district.” youtu.be/l1Re-3Rh4rU?...

Trump and his allies have mused about invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to some US cities. Despite what he has said, it doesn’t give him unconstrained, dictatorial powers. @amandacarpenter.bsky.social and @rlullo.bsky.social cover the facts: https://protdem.org/4hIaYqt

Trump: "All we want is voter ID. You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID. But for voting they want no voter ID. It's only for one reason: because they cheat."

A bad night for Trump. Thoughts on Outcomes – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/thoughts-on-...

"Proportional representation would effectively neuter any attempt to gerrymander. First, multi-member districts would mean fewer lines to draw and, therefore, fewer opportunities to gerrymander. Second, the remaining district lines become far less important." fairvote.org/california-p...

Multi-party systems favor politicians who compromise. "Wilders, one of the... best-known among Europe’s... hard-right politicians, is now set for political exile... [His] refusal to compromise and his undermining of his own government make him impossible to work with." www.wsj.com/world/europe...

US government heads to longest shutdown as Trump resists calls to talk on.ft.com/3LmWC2H

"One thing many Americans don’t appreciate is just how unusual our political system is. As democracies go, we stand out in that we have fewer political parties than just about every other country out there (save the authoritarian ones)." #ProportionalRepresentation is what we need to address this.

"[T]he idea of proportional results is basic to the values of a healthy and robust representative democracy." #ProportionalRepresentation democracysos.substack.com/p/an-exercis...

This is an *awesome* must-read thread.

Yes, it's about time we talk about #ProportionalRepresentation, the most elegant way to address gerrymandering in a way that's fair to *everyone*.

Both of Donald Trump’s terms began with public opinion split nearly evenly. In both cases his net approval rating quickly turned negative. Now it is the lowest it has ever been. Explore our tracker

The Constitution gives Congress—not the president—the power to set tariffs. Cato’s new Supreme Court brief explains why using emergency powers to impose tariffs violates the separation of powers. Read here: www.cato.org/legal-briefs...

A good use of AI I wasn't expecting is when you're reading a book and some character reappears after a few hundred pages away. "Based on the first X chapters of X book, who is X character" = good way to jog your memory. Genuinely useful.

Here is a wide-ranging podcast between myself and Lee Drutman about polling, moderation, spatial voting, electoral reform, and general all things politics and numbers right now: www.politicsinquestion.com/episodes/pol...

“Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley, with guest @robrichie.bsky.social… explore fixes [to gerrymandering and “safe” seats] like proportional representation...” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Finally got organized and set up my YouTube channel. In just a few weeks, it’s passed 10,000 subscribers—maybe there’s something to this! For now it’s mostly talks and interviews, but it's sparking some exciting plans for more econ-goodness. Subscribe here👉 www.youtube.com/@JustinWolfers

"@leedrutman.bsky.social... explain[s] how the U.S. two-party system fuels polarization, gridlock, and democratic decline—and how reforms like proportional representation... could help fix it. Our politics can be better. In this session, we envision how.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Mark Graham has helped preserve 1 trillion pages & counting. 🌐 The #WaybackMachine director discusses the past, present, & future of our digital memory on Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/way... #Wayback1T

friendship is the microstructure of solidarity. AI companionship is an opiate of the masses.

"We need elections that express the full will of voters, not just the loudest. #RankedChoiceVoting rewards collaboration over division, ideas over ideology, & conversation over extremism." – @fairvotemn.bsky.social's Jeanne Massey in @minnpost.bsky.social ⬇️

ISIS is apparently making a comeback (also partly thanks to Binance). Somehow, I don't expect the people who wrung their hands over their initial rise to say very much of anything this time around. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

"Proportional representation could have an even greater impact... [E]very district would become a swing district. All our votes would matter, and our voices would be heard... [D]ifferent parties would have new incentives to work together to deliver for voters." thefulcrum.us/electoral-re...

Don't look now, but inflation (as measured by core CPI) has been rising or steady for 6 months in a row now with CPI now at 3%. And this was the issue that very likely got Trump elected, as there was a backlash against incumbents worldwide. www.ft.com/content/1d10...

Want to see more choices at the ballot box? Support #ProportionalRepresentation. #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #MultiPartyAmerica