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Unrelated, but using red for the party on the left and blue for the party on the right makes way more sense.

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Ok... And what will you do about that?

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More evidence, this time from Poland, that proportional systems have higher turnout than single-member district systems because of the shift to multi-member districts: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Last year, Portland held city council elections with proportional ranked choice voting (or single transferable vote for the election nerds)... and voters like it! www.axios.com/local/portla...

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Responsible elites are key

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Is Columbia's Institute of Global Politics the new Harvard Institute of Politics? A race to the bottom!

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Life imitating art lesoeuvres.pinaultcollection.com/en/artwork/o...

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After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, researchers can finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. But thanks to the Trump administration’s executive orders, it’s unclear when—or possibly even ever—this breakthrough medicine will see the light of day.

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This looks like a great resource: The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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The thing about competitive authoritarian regimes is that they still have "free and fair elections." But everything leading up to election day is rigged.

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Posting here a thread by Stathis N. Kalyvas, who is not yet in BlueSky:

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Just thinking of the ending scene of All The Presidents Men m.youtube.com/watch?v=bMVz...

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NEW FROM @nytimes.com: Report from @nyccomptroller.bsky.social found only 40 out of 3,500 restaurants received outdoor dining permits ahead of the program’s April 1 start. These abysmal numbers hurt small businesses. This is a failure of the Adams administration.

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Timeline cleanse. From yesterday's Westminster Dog Show.

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Good choices, and great piece from @oscarp.bsky.social @newamerica.org! #ProportionalRepresentation can deliver real choices & real representation for every voter.

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8 reasons to like proportional representation, from @oscarp.bsky.social 6 and 8 are probably our personal favorites... but 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 are also good. So many reasons! www.newamerica.org/political-re...

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Incidentally, the deadline to register with a party to be able to vote in the mayoral primaries this summer is this Friday Feb 14 www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/29/s...

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Why proportional representation would be a major and much needed upgrade for American politics www.newamerica.org/political-re...

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Always feels like good luck when you get an open gangway C train on @mta.info

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There's a standard pattern when a city like London or Stockholm adopts congestion pricing: It's initially unpopular b/c drivers view congestion pricing as a tax, but support grows as locals see it reducing traffic and improving urban life. Looks like it's happening in NYC, too -- and quickly.

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"The estimator is biased towards zero" Grant pulled!

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"For the typical American household, the tariffs will mean a loss of about $1,200 in purchasing power." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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"The opposition party, by definition, will lose on a lot. But the Democrats are currently leaving a lot of very useful tools on the table."

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Single member districts and the Electoral College were certainly mistakes

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I don’t see how the democratic party survives without a fresh slate of candidates who understand the stakes. we are in a repeated prisoners dilemma where one party keeps cooperating while the other keeps gleefully defecting but the party playing C hopes tomorrow will bring rainbows.

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We're back to import substitution industrialization as a development strategy!

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I'm now equal parts obsessed with and terrified of sheriffs after reading these terrific books: The Highest Law in the Land The Power of the Badge

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In today's print edition of the NYTimes, How to Fix America's Two-Party Problem

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Also, @pavisuri.bsky.social 's work on status dominance and state capacity in India and the US are must-reads to understand what is going on with the federal government right now.

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Great thread - warnings and lessons from India.

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