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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

"The [winner-take-all] system in the US is no longer able to ensure good governance and is making the country increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian threats." Why proportional representation is better - new from @johncarey.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org: protectdemocracy.org/governance

Key Takeaways
Proportional systems are better at promoting consensus
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especially in polarized societies
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and achieving public policies that better reflect what majorities of citizens want.
Proportional electoral systems are better at
achieving what voters want.
In polarized societies, some forms of proportional systems represent improvements over
winner-take-all elections when it comes to holding politicians accountable at the ballot box
by giving voters more choices within and across parties.
Proportional electoral systems can enhance
government accountability.
Proportional systems that maintain the number of parties at a moderate level can reduce the
risk of political instability currently posed by the winner-take-all system in the United States.
Proportional electoral systems can reduce
political instability.
The choice of electoral reform is not a binary one between the two-party system that winner-
take-all encourages and the fragmentation seen in very permissive proportional sy

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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

Chicagoland: Please join @profsaunders.bsky.social and me for joint book events on May 8 at UChicago at noon (feat. @carsonaust.bsky.social) and Evanston Public Library at 6pm (thanks to @danigilbert.bsky.social et al.). Tell your friends!

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Naazneen Barma @naazneenbarma.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

#econsky #polisky 📣 The Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies is hiring a teaching-line faculty member to be an integral part of our Public Policy program 📣 jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

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Rochester Political Science @rochesterpolisci.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Beware of imposters.

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Despina Alexiadou @dalexiadou.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

2 days left to apply for our Job in Political Economy (assistant or associate level, CPE/ IPE/ Formal).

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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Political Economy (560100)

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Rochester Political Science @rochesterpolisci.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Hi Polisky! Especially scottatyson.bsky.social who definitely doesn't run this account.

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