Lee Drutman
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The 2016 presidential campaign has been an object lesson in the flaws of the traditional single-vote, plurality approach to elections. The Pine Tree State could lead the nation to a better way.
What new information is going to change voters’ minds?
What can an exercise in spewing out sound bites and needling each other for 90 minutes possibly tell us about the candidates that we don’t already know?
Low pay and high turnover are part of the institutional design of the revolving door and the influence industry in Washington. They are not just mistakes. The system is working just as it was intended.
Both Clinton and Trump have unique problems. But they are also products of this particular moment in political history. Their biggest weakness is that the parties they represent both lack a meaningful consensus in what they should stand for.
Race and identity is now the main issue holding both parties’ coalitions together. This marks a new political alignment.
The racial divisions of the 2016 election are the culmination of a half-century-long political realignment.
The US has the dubious distinction of having the highest share of lawyers in the national legislature and the highest share of income going to the top 1 percent. Coincidence?
Our political mess is not because political leaders were too weak. It’s because they were too strong and ignored their voters.
Rich America has become more diverse, more highly educated, and more concentrated in industries and places that tend to support Democrats. No wonder Democrats are dong better among the top income earners.