More Parties, Better Parties
Political parties are the central institutions of modern representative democracy, and they must also be at the center of reform efforts.
Helping Americans Understand a Democracy in Crisis
The Political Reform program’s work in 2025 deepened public and expert understanding of how concentrated executive power, weakened oversight institutions, and declining pluralism threaten representative democracy. By using research, storytelling, and public engagement, New America helped frame the crisis of governance as not merely political disagreement, but structural dysfunction requiring systemic innovations. The program’s analysis helped elevate informed public discourse about democratic reform—surfacing how institutional designs (like winner-take-all elections) shape political power and voter representation.
The Case for Multiparty Democracy
Multiparty democracy leads to more complex political thinking, Lee Drutman writes in Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop.