Americans Are Tired of Political Parties. This Approach Offers Hope.
How New York’s Working Families Party shows the promises of associational party building in a moment of electoral d...
Electoral Reform
Mixed-Member Proportional Representation and the U.S. House of Representatives
A new paper published in by Oscar ...
The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
American elections need more federal consistency. But Lee Drutman says there’s a better, nonpartisan way.
U.S. Democracy Has Repaired Itself Before. Here’s How We Can Do It Again.
Lee Drutman wrote for Vox on the patterns of dysfunction within American democracy and what can be done to repair it.
The Political Scientist Reigniting Interest in a Multiparty System
Lee Drutman was named as one of the Washington Post’s “Next 50” for 2026 for his work on proportional representation and electora...
The House of Representatives is Too Small. Here Is One Way to Fix It.
Lee Drutman was interviewed for a Vox explainer video on increasing the size of the US House.
When Lawmakers Won’t Act, Voters Can
Maresa Strano was interviewed on the Democracy Lab podcast about the past, present, and future of ballot initiatives.
Who Read What in 2025
Lee Drutman’s book Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop was selected by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan as the best book he read in 2025.
Why California’s Prop 50 Is a Victory for Democracy—Even in Its Irony
Maresa Stano writes on how California’s Prop 50 proves the importance of direct democracy in building voters’ power.