Lee Drutman
Lee Drutman is the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America. He is a senior fellow at the think tank New America, a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, the co-host of the podcast Politics in Question, the co-founder of Fix Our House, a campaign for proportional representation in America, and the co-founder of the Center for Ballot Freedom, which advocates for fusion voting. He was named to this year’s Post Next 50, which recognizes 50 people who are reshaping our society by the Washington Post. He writes the newsletter Undercurrent Events.
Latest articles by Lee Drutman
America has remade itself every few decades. Are we due?
The Democrats don’t have a messaging problem. They have a much bigger problem.
What Elon Musk’s retribution could look like.
A political scientist explains “oligarchy” and argues that America has earned that label.
Here’s a long-shot idea to fix our system and make our democracy more democratic.
Next Tuesday, New York City will vote to decide on whether to switch to a ranked-choice voting system.
Ranked choice voting could be the future of elections in America.
No Republican “epiphany” will be forthcoming.
A political scientist makes the case for political forecasting.
It would maximize participation and broad-based appeal, and improve our democracy.