A Radical Idea for Fixing Polarization

For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever gets the most votes will represent them and a few hundred thousand of their neighbors in the House of Representatives. In nearly every case, the winner is a Republican or Democrat, and whichever party captures the most seats secures a governing majority. That basic process has defined congressional elections for much of the past century. But…

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APSA conference roundup: Research on political polarization on social media and the US Congress – Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center APSA conference roundup: Research on political polarization on social media and the US CongressPew Research CenterThe ways that social media shape political attitudes and the intricacies of lawmaking in the U.S. Congress were two of the many topics at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference in Boston earlier this month. Here are brief … us congress – Google News

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