Electing legislatures under such a system would give minority-party voters more of a voice in their government and blunt the ...

In the face of widespread pessimism about the political fate of the United States and growing political polarization, scholars and citizens across the country are reimagining how American democracy ...

As states from Texas to California to Florida debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about — and often disgusted by — the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The ...

Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with international experts, have published a scientific study on how to ensure that the selection of committees and expert ...

America’s two-party system isn’t an accident — it is a direct result of our electoral structure. The political scientist Lee ...

While the macro-level benefit of the Proportional Representation system is fair representation, its micro-level benefits on ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Lynn McCoy, Georgia State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the face of ...