Fix Our House

08/10/2026

Our new poll with New America and Verasight shows majority support for proportional representation. These strong numbers are a fantastic starting point for “a national conversation about how to break out of the country’s two-party system.”

07/31/2026

“We urge Congress to adopt a proportional system of representation, solving the gerrymandering problem at its source.”

09/02/2025

"What made Omaha a weird city in 2024 was that its diversity was visible. To fix our failing politics, America needs an electoral system that makes our diversity visible everywhere."

Omaha, Nebraska was the weirdest city in American politics last year. Nebraska’s Second District (consisting almost entirely of Omaha) was a blue do

07/11/2025

Link in bio! Join our Executive Director and political reform consultant .mcdoty for a conversation with George Washington University’s Project on Ethics in Political Communication. How do we build a better political system while operating within the broken one that we have?

06/26/2025

Big news in Britain: A majority of the British public now supports proportional representation -- including a majority of right-leaning voters.

The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has, this week, published the latest findings from their British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey. The survey has been conducted almost ever

06/13/2025

"Proportional representation strengthens the legitimacy of our representative institutions where it matters most." -Jonathan Madison, R Street Institute

Too many of our elections lack competition. In 2025, approximately 85 percent of House seats were uncompetitive at the general election stage, being effectively decided by the primary, usually amidst far lower turnout. This situation replicates itself within most states as well, which show stark geo...

04/14/2025

“Democratic systems often become stuck... but pressure builds beneath the surface, and change can happen suddenly.”

Lee Drutman outlines how this winter of discontent for U.S. politics could spring seeds of renewal—if we mobilize voters and reform our elections.

03/19/2025

"No other major democracy has such complete dominance by only two parties. Voters say they want more choices."

Under proportional representation, minority-preferred candidates tend to win even more seats than under single-member districts.

03/11/2025

"Without electoral competition elections lose a lot of their meaning. You get to vote, but not much of a choice.”

A forum in Kansas delved into potential of transitioning to an election system that embraces multi-party nominations of the same candidate.