Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

By Lee Drutman, Rachel Donald, Resilience

Political polarization, particularly in the United States, is being inflamed by structural forces, including the dominance of two parties, the nationalization of politics, winner-take-all representation, and the geography of political homogeneity – where encountering people with different political views is increasingly rare. But there are proven solutions to these structural drivers of polarization.

In this conversation, journalist and podcaster Rachel Donald speaks with Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America, on reforms like proportional representation and multi-member districts, and why we should view democracy more like a living, evolving ecosystem than a problem to fix.

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 This discussion is part of a series of interviews, articles, and events that Post Carbon Institute is hosting on the topic of political polarization in advance of contentious elections in the United States and elsewhere. Sign up for the Surviving Political Polarization Deep Dive to join a webinar on October 8 featuring Professor Lilliana Mason, author of Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy and Cecelie Surasky from the Othering & Belonging Institute, and to watch recorded interviews with Jennifer McCoy and Nichole Argo exploring concrete ideas and models for overcoming political polarization in our communities.

Deep Dive: Surviving Political Polarization

• Panel event with experts on polarization and belonging (live/recorded)
• Facilitated discussion to exchange ideas & resources (live/recorded)
• 2 recorded interviews with experts and on-the-ground practitioners
• 2 articles by Richard Heinberg
• Additional curated resources

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Previously Published on Resilience and reprinted with permission

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