Source: Niskanen Center
by Jennifer Dresden
“Much of the history of democratic reform in the United States has been framed as a choice between empowering voters or empowering parties. With that choice, it’s little wonder that most reform efforts take an anti-party bent. Only 11 percent of Americans express high confidence in political parties and our political culture’s suspicion of the ‘mischiefs of faction’ has deep roots. But efforts to sideline parties typically either fail, or have unintended consequences that leave our democracy less transparent or less effective.” (10/23/24)
https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/electoral-reform-must-strengthen