What Lee Drutman thinks about America
American political scientist; senior fellow at New America and author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop (2020), an argument for proportional representation and multiparty democracy in the United States.
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3 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Lee Drutman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsWhy isn't November the election that matters? Single-member districts are the problem. Primary reform doesn't fix that.
↗“Open the primaries” is the wrong answer to the right questionleedrutman.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 7 months earlier
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Their wordsI see multiparty proportional representation as the most important reform necessary to break America’s destructive two-party doom loop, which remains on magnificent, disheartening daily display.
- 2 months earlier
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Their wordsAnd the United States primary system — already the most open in the world by far (even in so-called “closed” primaries) — creates distinctly weak political parties that do not invest in young talent.
↗Why America Has the World's Oldest Politiciansleedrutman.substack.com