The Electoral Reform Imperative

The Electoral Reform Imperative

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Scholars, journalists, and the American people broadly agree that American democracy is in difficulty, if not grave danger. Recent surveys consistently find that 50 to 60 percent of Americans are not satisfied with the way democracy is working in the United States. And they think the problem is systemic. In a 2021 Pew survey, a stunning 85 percent of Americans said the US political system either needs “major changes” or must be “completely reformed”; 58 percent of adults who reported wanting substantial reforms said “they are not confident the system can change.” These figures were among the highest of all advanced industrial democracies surveyed in 2021. In 2022, Americans’ confidence in their national government was the lowest among citizens of G7 democracies (31 percent), about the level of Nigeria and Venezuela. And early that same year, a Quinnipiac poll found that substantial majorities of both Democrats and Republicans believed “the nation’s democracy is in danger of collapse.”

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Source Publication

Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism

Source Editors/Authors

Larry Diamond, Edward B. Foley, Richard H. Pildes

Publication Date

12-5-2024

Publisher

Lynne Rienner Publishers

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