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Finding Common Ground
Same Voters, Different Winners: Why Rules Matter
Watch a new video by University of Maryland Professor Eric Pacuit about how and why different election rules can produce different winners and what that means for democracy.
People Want Better Choices: What Our New Survey Says About Parties, Leaders, and Election Reform
As the 2026 midterm elections come into view, a new national survey finds that many voters feel they are choosing the “lesser of two evils” at the ballot box and want better choices on the ballot and fairer ways to elect their leaders. Conducted in November 2025, after the federal government shutdown, the survey was fielded in partnership with AlphaRoc.
Making Elections Better
Choosing an electoral system is among the most consequential design decisions for a democracy.
Why Voting Rules Matter
Plurality often rewards intense bases and extremism, Instant Runoff (IRV) can still miss the broadly preferred candidate, but a head-to-head “Consensus Choice” approach could improve representation and reduce political division.
Charles Munger, Jr. Explains Why Condorcet Systems Make Elections Fairer, More Stable, and Harder to Manipulate than IRV
Charles Munger, Jr. Expains Why Condorcet Systems Make Elections Fairer, More Stable, and Harder to Manipulate than IRV.
New Resource: Student Organizing Toolkit
Eliminating Independent Redistricting to Combat Authoritarianism Is a False Choice
CA Democrat Jeanne Raya Warns Against Map War
When Politicians Pick Voters: Why Gerrymandering Is Undermining Democracy
New Research: A Simple Voting Method for Final Four and Final Five Elections
Skewed Maps, Skewed Outcomes
Why Texas Republicans Want to Give the Attorney General the Power to Prosecute Local Election Crimes — and Why People Are Worried
The Cost of a Miscount: Lessons from the 2022 Oakland School Board Election
Can we fix American politics? Jon Stewart discusses what's wrong & we have a solution.
Beyond the Horse Race: How Consensus Choice Polling Can Transform Elections and Journalism
Democracy @ Home: One Family Tries Consensus Choice Voting to Pick Dinner
Electoral Integrity in the U.S.: New Report Highlights the Need for Reform
Democracy in Crisis?
