Toward a More Representative Electorate

Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House

Replacing current winner-take-all elections with a proportional system of representation could have many benefits to our electoral system.

Fair Representation Act - FairVote

Ranked choice voting in these elections; New requirements for congressional redistricting. Our traditional, winner-take all politics polarizes legislative ...

Proportional representation: Can it fix Congress? - NPR

With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that ...

Proportional representation, explained - Protect Democracy

Proportional representation is an electoral system that elects multiple representatives in each district in proportion to the number of ...

The Case for Proportional Representation - Boston Review

2. Voters' choices are restricted to candidates within the two-party, Republican/Democratic monopoly; 3. Most legislative elections are effectively “no-choice ...

Eliminating Electoral College favored by majority of Americans

63% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the ...

Increasing Voter Participation in America

This may be because of unnecessary barriers in the voter registration and voting process that prevent would-be voters from casting ballots or ...

Proportional Representation - American Bar Association

When elections are winner-take-all, politics drives toward ... electorate, but ... more partisan, and less representative group of voters decides the winner.

1. The partisanship and ideology of American voters

Registered voters are evenly split between the two parties: 49% are Democrats or lean Democratic, 48% are Republicans or lean to the GOP.

8 Ways To Protect American Democracy

The 2024 presidential election cycle is quickly approaching, with voters casting the first ballots of the election season in February. Election ...

Why the Voting Gap Matters - Demos

If we do not close voter turnout gaps, our democracy is destined to become less and less representative in the coming decades.

Representation in the Electoral College: How do states compare?

Twenty states are overrepresented in the Electoral College by more than one vote, based on population. Texas is underrepresented by nine votes.

Representative democracy - Wikipedia

Representative democracy, electoral democracy or indirect democracy is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public.

House Democrats Reintroduce Fair Representation Act - Don Beyer

Election reform legislation would end political gerrymandering, instate ranked choice voting for Congressional elections.

California's Exclusive Electorate: A New Look at Who Votes and ...

The people who go to the polls in California are very different from those who don't—a gap that has far-reaching implications for our democracy and ...

Representative democracy | Definition, History, Discussion, & Facts

A representative democracy is a political system in which citizens of a country or other political entity vote for representatives to handle ...

What is the Electoral College? - National Archives

A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your State has the same number of electors as it does Members in its Congressional ...

The Electoral College, Simplified | Bipartisan Policy Center

There are 538 total electors who cast their vote, and a presidential candidate must achieve a simple majority of electoral votes (270) to win ...

US election 2024 results: How Black voters shifted towards Trump

Trump almost doubles support among Black voters compared with 2020, exit polls say. How and where? We break it down.

Raskin, Beyer, Welch Bill Would Bring Ranked Choice Voting to ...

The legislation would require ranked choice voting for all congressional primary and general elections, giving voters more meaningful choices at ...