American democracy is struggling. Political polarization has exacerbated division within the electorate, while gerrymandering and hyperpolarization mean only a handful of elections are truly ...

The conservative backlash against ranked choice voting grew to over one-third of U.S. states last week as Iowa became the 17th Republican-controlled legislature in less than four years to ban the ...

Ahead of Election Day tomorrow, millions of ballots are being cast in statewide, local and special elections. So, today, we're revisiting an episode asking: What would happen if the rules of our ...

Free and fair elections depend on secure, reliable and transparent voting systems that earn public trust. Democracies around the world grapple with concerns over election interference, outdated ...

Though democracy's inherent goal is to give voters an outlet to exercise their civic duty, that is not the reality for millions of voters. For many, voting has become a challenge, with logistical ...

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy at an event hosted by the Alaska Republican Party on November 6, 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska. Rep. Mary Peltola's win that election sparked outrage among Republicans, who ...

American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation's founding. Chief among them is the "pick one" plurality voting ...

Colomer’s model highlights the significance of party system fragmentation in driving changes in the electoral system. In this article, I argue that not only political parties but also institutions and ...