Why Partisan Hostility Won’t End With Trump

By artappraiser on Mon, 02/08/2021 - 10:01pm |

The U.S. political system is designed for demonization and gridlock. Countries with proportional representation and parliamentary systems promote coalitions and cooperation among rivals.

From my colleague at @ucdavis Jim Adams, @NoamGidron & @RWillH11

They note "Winner-take-all electoral institutions are strongly linked with greater dislike of partisan opponents, compared to more proportional systems of the kind found in Western Europe"https://t.co/vgumuvuo1i
— Matthew Shugart (@laderafrutal) February 9, 2021

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https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/08/trump-united-states-election-partisan-hostility-parliamentary-system/

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Democrats and Republicans are so deep into their dueling narratives about voting rights, they forgot to look at the data.

If they do, they'll see there's plenty of common ground.

My latest for the Washington @monthly https://t.co/cwI96qDEje
— Bill Scher (@billscher) February 9, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/08/2021 - 10:15pm

Why Partisan Hostility Won’t End With Trump

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