In August, Democratic candidate Mary Peltola was projected as the winner of a special election in Alaska to fill the state’s lone congressional district following the death of former Republican congressman Don Young. Peltola beat the odds to win the seat, with pollster FiveThirtyEight forecasting just a 14 percent chance of victory in a state […]
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I Love America and America Hates Me, Episode #2
Summary: In the second episode of “I Love America and America Hates Me”, Jordan and Patty discuss forms of proportional voting as alternatives to plurality voting and whether they produce electoral results more representative of the people’s will. Transcript & Sources Featured Image: The Hill
I Love America and America Hates Me, Episode #1
Jordan Murphy and Patty Yao, in the first episode of I Love America and America Hates Me, discuss how the United States’ first-past-the-post, winner-take-all-voting system disadvantages minority groups, exacerbates regionalism and partisanship, and creates “wasted vote” disillusionment with voters. Transcript & Sources Featured Image Source: Brookings Institute