Great analysis! My curiosity really goes to where the GOP goes from here. Trump seems intent on taking the party down with him if he's going downhill. The fact that it's his base that is split this time - between him and DeSantis - seems important.
I'm also curious how much this election changed the public perception of the two-party system as a whole. My thought is that opening up our elections to more than two parties is one of the best moves we could make, as it would deny any one party the power to pass party-line legislation (barring landslide congressional victories). Incentivizing representatives to work together can change the kind of people that seek office and how they govern once they're in office.
Public opinion, so far as I've tracked it, has been getting warmer and warmer toward opening the electoral system up, but public opinion is one thing, getting people by the tens of millions to put their money and votes where their mouth is, well, that's another. A necessary first step is getting ranked-choice voting and open primaries passed across the country. I can't see anything that aims to break the duopoly having even a prayer at success until that's in place.
100% with you there. I'm essentially a one-issue voters around voting reform, because I don't see how other priorities can even be addressed with the two-party system. RCV and non-partisan primaries both look likely to have succeeded on the Nevada ballot this year, and (as far as I've heard) RCV passed in every city that proposed it to voters.
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Great analysis! My curiosity really goes to where the GOP goes from here. Trump seems intent on taking the party down with him if he's going downhill. The fact that it's his base that is split this time - between him and DeSantis - seems important.
I'm also curious how much this election changed the public perception of the two-party system as a whole. My thought is that opening up our elections to more than two parties is one of the best moves we could make, as it would deny any one party the power to pass party-line legislation (barring landslide congressional victories). Incentivizing representatives to work together can change the kind of people that seek office and how they govern once they're in office.
Public opinion, so far as I've tracked it, has been getting warmer and warmer toward opening the electoral system up, but public opinion is one thing, getting people by the tens of millions to put their money and votes where their mouth is, well, that's another. A necessary first step is getting ranked-choice voting and open primaries passed across the country. I can't see anything that aims to break the duopoly having even a prayer at success until that's in place.
100% with you there. I'm essentially a one-issue voters around voting reform, because I don't see how other priorities can even be addressed with the two-party system. RCV and non-partisan primaries both look likely to have succeeded on the Nevada ballot this year, and (as far as I've heard) RCV passed in every city that proposed it to voters.
Activist orgs should be pouring all of their efforts into getting more such ballot initiatives in every possible state. I believe 27 states allow it.
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