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

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...

This sounds like a plan, proportional representation: 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

"[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

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

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

“...[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?...

"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...

Thanks @capitolweekly.bsky.social for highlighting @prorepcoalition.bsky.social and #ProportionalRepresentation ! However you vote on #Prop50 its time for California to move on from our dysfunctional and dangerous two-party system and build something better. #democracy

New Op-ed! "To truly address gerrymandering and the toxic two-party political culture that has led to its recent resurgence, California needs to fight fire with water. We need structural democracy reform." capitolweekly.net/its-time-for...

"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.

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

“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...

"@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...

*taps sign* in any event, proportional representation! @theunpopulist.net

"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...

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

“We also advocate #ProportionalRepresentation as a long way to ensure that every vote counts and every voice is heard.” app.publicnewsservice.org/story/propos...

"There’s a better way. It’s called #ProportionalRepresentation... This system would dramatically reduce the power of gerrymandering... is already used in 130 countries... and [is] especially relevant for California." From @ocregister.bsky.social. www.ocregister.com/2025/10/10/g...

"Last week, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences... released an important new report on how to fix our broken Congress..., which makes a powerful case for a shift to #ProportionalRepresentation (PR)." fairvote.org/landmark-rep...

Mills would be 79 when she takes office, 85 when she retires. Says she'll only serve one term, which shows how useless term limits are to bring down the age of Congress. To bridge the age gap, we need serious reform, as @oscarp.bsky.social and I recently wrote: protectdemocracy.org/work/age-div...

Proportional Representation is the radical idea that a party that gets 30% of the vote should never have 100% of the power. In most stable democracies, this is already obvious. Why not here?

"[T]he 'winner-take-all' system used in most U.S. elections... contributes to polarization.... By contrast, proportional systems allow more voters to see their preferences reflected in Congress, can reduce partisan divides, and virtually eliminate gerrymandering." www.amacad.org/news/publica...

Hey Oakland and Sacramento -- come canvass with us at No Kings Day next Saturday, October 18th! You can learn more and sign up to join us by reading our latest newsletter: prorepcoalition.org/so/f5PdA1GD6...

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

It really truly is. Anybody who looks at countries using first-past-the-post (aka plurality voting) sees a situation worth emulating. #ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization #FairSeats #MultiPartyAmerica

The tumultuous times we're facing make it clear that our political system is aging and in sore need of an update. #ProportionalRepresentation is the highest priority fix.

Some people say “If you want to be heard, run for office.” Cool. But maybe… just maybe… we should also fix a system that ignores most voters. Start with #ProportionalRepresentation.

More and more people are hearing the message that #ProportionalRepresentation is THE best way to address gerrymandering.

"Proportional representation would make gerrymandering irrelevant. But it would do a lot more than that. Most importantly, proportional representation would make it far easier for small parties to win representation in the House." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

#ProportionalRepresentation would, quite literally, save lives.

"Proportional representation offers more stable, representative government than these winner-take-all methods..." #ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization www.sightline.org/2025/09/23/f...

It's true. With our current system, everybody gets divided into two camps that loathe each other and fight for majority power to steamroll the other. In a multi-party system, we'd better respect each other's unique perspectives and come up with compromise solutions.

Want climate action? Racial justice? Housing reform? Then we need a legislature that actually reflects who lives here. #ProportionalRepresentation isn’t a side issue—it’s *the* issue that unlocks true progress on *all* issues.

Minorities still deserve to have a say. #ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly

"I think we need big structural reform. And I think the very best way to fix the US House and state legislatures would be through some form of #ProportionalRepresentation.’” That's @davedaley.bsky.social at about 1:06:34. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

As you know, the GOP plans to gerrymander Texas to squeeze out 5 more seats and Dems will do the same to California. But did you know that gerrymandering works by gaming the disproportionality of our winner-take-all system? #ProRep is the obvious fix. www.slowboring.com/p/proportion...

#ProportionalRepresentation is simply a better way for people to get the policies that *actually* help them.

It's really the most important direction for both parties. With the rise of the populist wing, the Republican coalition is also breaking up.

“The fight for equality cannot stop at the ballot box, nor can it end at the workplace. It requires systemic reforms — including... #ProportionalRepresentation... — to ensure women can run, win, serve and lead.” msmagazine.com/2025/08/29/w...

Yes, we *can* do better. #ProportionalRepresentation

The top 10 countries in the 2025 Global Social Progress Index all use proportional representation. When every vote counts, societies thrive.

Our political system was state-of-the-art at the time, but it's high time we get a system update to #ProportionalRepresentation.

Welcome to the coalition, @fairvote.bsky.social! We're thrilled to be working with one of the oldest and largest electoral reform advocacy organizations in the US. Their work has paved the road that ProRep is traveling, and we look forward to working together towards state-level PR in CA!

"I think [the gerrymandering war] is really going to require a big national conversation about... what representation means in a democracy.... I think the very best model would be a more proportional House...” In other words, #ProportionalRepresentation! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

"Congress can’t get anything done. Not even stuff 70% to 80% of Americans support. We’ve seen politicians torpedo a good idea rather than risk the other side receiving credit for it." How to fix this? "Proportional representation may be the way forward." www.bakersfield.com/opinion/comm...

On the need to bring the message of proportional representation to the masses disillusioned with the 2 party system