Mark Schmitt
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Every Seattle voter will get a chance to be a political donor. It’s an idea that’s finally stepping out of the faculty lounge, and no one knows for sure how it will work.
Governors may say they want flexibility with Medicaid, but they have plenty. Paul Ryan’s “opportunity grants” would cost them billions.
The congressional battle between radicals and institutionalists reflects and reinforces divides of race, ideology, and region.
Donald Trump and Ben Carson aren’t “novelty” candidates. They came in with broad bases of support, which they found in unusual ways.
Big political donors aren’t even the 1 percent — they are their own subculture.
Everyone agrees American democracy is in trouble. But some activists and academics think Congress and elections are the wrong place to look for solutions.
Every national political dynasty has faded by the third generation. The Bushes were the exception, but their luck may have run out.
Campaign reform finally moves beyond the dead-end proposal to amend the Constitution, and Larry Lessig and Zephyr Teachout have something to do with that.
A much-praised new book is too snobby about political language.
Polyarchy is a new blog at Vox produced by the Political Reform program at New America. Written primarily by Lee Drutman and Mark Schmitt, it will explore ideas and trends in American politics as well as a little bit about how to fix it.