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Meaningful Votes: A New Metric to Understand American Politics

Most voters feel their vote doesn’t matter and their elected officials don’t represent them. New research from the Unite America Institute confirms this unfortunate reality: In 2024, on average, only 13% of voters had a “meaningful vote” in electing their state house representatives.

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Meaningful Votes: A New Metric to Understand American Politics

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State of Reform: An Analysis of the Impact and Progress of Four Political Reforms

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Meaningful Votes: A New Metric to Understand American Politics

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Colorado’s Primary Problem: How partisan primaries limit voter choice, power, and representation in the Centennial State

Not Invited to the Party Primary: Independent Voters and the Problem with Closed Primaries

Alaska's Election Model: How the top-four nonpartisan primary system improves participation, competition, and representation

California’s Top-Two Primary: The Effects on Electoral Politics and Governance

Louisiana's Long-Term Election Experiment: How Eliminating Partisan Primaries Improved Governance and Reduced Polarization

Ranking Works: An Examination of Ranked Choice Voting in New York City

Ranked Choice Voting: The Solution to the Presidential Primary Predicament

Voting At Home: How Democracy Survives A Pandemic

Movement Messaging Project

Re-imagining Governance in an Age of Polarization

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Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House: Amending the Uniform Congressional District Act

Prioritizing Achievable Federal Election Reform