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This post is part of Polyarchy, an independent blog produced by the political reform program at New America, a Washington think tank devoted to developing new ideas and new voices.

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Trump support is not normal partisanship

By Lilliana Mason, John V. Kane, and 1 more

Challenges to parties in the United States and beyond

Does democracy require parties to function?

By Didi Kuo

The development and decay of democracy

The fate of social democracy should worry not only those on the left, but anyone concerned with democracy in Europe.

By Sheri Berman

The dilemmas for Democrats in 3 past visions for the party

By Sam Rosenfeld and Daniel Schlozman

Democrats and neoliberalism

By Lily Geismer

The problem with Joe Biden’s Republican “epiphany” theory of bipartisanship

By Lee Drutman

Why are there so many Democratic candidates for president?

By Mark Schmitt

We need fewer billionaires and more millionaires

By Mark Schmitt

Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.

By Lydia Bean

What liberals get wrong about conservative state dominance — and why it matters

By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

If we’re abolishing the Electoral College, let’s also have ranked-choice voting for president

By Lee Drutman

How to fix Congress — according to Congress

By Lee Drutman

There’s no case for the filibuster in a closed Senate

By Mark Schmitt

National emergencies could be a step toward political violence

By Heather Hurlburt and Maresa Strano

The case for helping the “unwilling to work”

By Mark Schmitt

Can Congress fix itself?

By Lee Drutman

Why Howard Schultz for president makes great drama: it highlights the fragility of our winner-take-all system

By Lee Drutman

The billionaire express lane

By Mark Schmitt

The 70% marginal tax rate is only the beginning of a fair system

By Mark Schmitt

Democrats’ small-donor campaign finance proposal is a great deal for taxpayers

By Lee Drutman

Paying Congress’s interns a living wage is a good idea. Paying professional staff one is even better.

By Tim LaPira and Alexander Furnas

House Democrats’ big democracy reform package is good policy, and smart politics

By Lee Drutman

Is dynastic politics on the way out?

By Mark Schmitt

One big winner last night: political reform

By Lee Drutman

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Is voting a civic right or a civic duty?

By Chayenne Polimedio

The “dollar auction” theory can help explain the Kavanaugh chaos

By Lee Drutman

Why did Bernie Sanders’s Stop BEZOS legislation draw so much resistance?

By Mark Schmitt

How much longer can the two-party system hold?

By Lee Drutman

Stop saying “drain the swamp”

By Mark Schmitt

The case for cautious optimism on campaign finance reform

By Lee Drutman

Here’s the slogan Democrats should run on: “Support Checks and Balances. Elect Democrats.”

By Lee Drutman

It’s time for term limits for Supreme Court justices

By Lee Drutman

America has local political institutions but nationalized politics. This is a problem.

By Lee Drutman

California could avoid the chaos of the “top two” primary with ranked-choice voting

By Lee Drutman

The politics and policy of racism in American health care

By Jamila Michener

All politicians “game” the system. The question is how?

By Lee Drutman

Is there a case for political optimism?

By Hollie Russon Gilman, Chayenne Polimedio, and 5 more

Yes, Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility. But that will (and should) change.

By Mark Schmitt

What the Facebook hearings reveal about corporate power in Washington

By Lee Drutman

Data rights are civic rights: a participatory framework for GDPR in the US?

By Elena Souris and Hollie Russon Gilman

Employers are increasingly using their workers as lobbyists. Here’s why that’s a problem.

By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

Why America’s 2-party system is on a collision course with our constitutional democracy

By Lee Drutman

Will Trump break American democracy?

By Lee Drutman

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