Lee Drutman
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Oxford UP, 2020
What's inside?
The situation in Washington, DC, is dire, but it doesn’t have to be.
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Political scientist Lee Drutman sees America’s partisan wars as dangerous to democracy. In this clear and creative take on political stasis, he prescribes specific ways to detoxify the situation. For starters, Drutman argues, America should institute ranked-choice voting in federal elections and stop choosing members of Congress via primaries – a process that intensifies extremism. But the real solution, Drutman asserts, is multiparty democracy of the sort that exists in most nations. Readers will appreciate his common-sense approach to a seemingly intractable problem.
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About the Author
Lee Drutman is a senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America, a think tank and civic platform. He is the author of The Business of America Is Lobbying.
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