Content Categorized with "Congressional Elections"
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Disappearing "Crossover Legislators" Key to Resolving the Shutdown
- Posted: October 18, 2013
- Author(s): Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home
A group of moderate senators, many from states dominated by the opposing party, played a key role in bringing the shutdown to an end. Outdated electoral rules mean that the number of such legislators is on the decline.
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Blame It on Winner-Take-All: Why Our Outdated Voting Rules Cause Congressional Crises
- Posted: October 1, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Rob Richie
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections, Home
The United States Congress has careened into a government shutdown, and everybody wants to find someone to blame. But in the accusatory frenzy, they're missing the real culprit: the voting rules that drive the political behavior of Congress.
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Republican Food Stamp Defectors Driven by Partisanship
- Posted: September 20, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections, Home
Another contentious House vote; another outcome determined by the partisanship of congressional districts.
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Moderates Nearly Extinct in the U.S. House
- Posted: August 7, 2013
- Author(s): Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote, Monopoly Politics 2012 Map
While many Americans describe themselves as ideological moderates, centrists have become increasingly rare in the House of Representatives, where their decline has contributed to congressional dysfunction and polarization. The pace of the decline of House moderates over the last forty years has been remarkable.
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Fair Representation Voting Explained
- Posted: August 2, 2013
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections, Home
Learn more about why Congress is broken and the fair representation voting solution with FairVote's new Fixing Democracy infographics series.
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Our South Carolina Independent Redistricting Plan Exposes the Problem of Winner-Take-All
- Posted: July 26, 2013
- Author(s): Robert Fekete
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Redistricting, FairVote
Independent redistricting only makes marginal improvements to South Carolina's uncompetitive and distorted congressional elections. Fair representation voting is a better solution.
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House Abortion Vote Reflects Anti-Crossover Trend
- Posted: July 12, 2013
- Author(s): Matt Sommerfeld
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home
The June 18th vote in the U.S. House on abortion law reflects a trend towards increased polarization and a decline in crossover voting in the House. This analysis looks at which Members voted against their party's majority and compares the vote to a 1993 vote on abortion law.
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Bachmann Retirement Creates One More Uncompetitive District
- Posted: May 29, 2013
- Author(s): Matt Sommerfeld
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home
Michele Bachmann's retirement from Congress ensures that her district joins the vast majority of Congressional districts that will be uncompetitive in the 2014 election.
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The Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Guide to Running in the Other Party's Safe Districts
- Posted: May 8, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections
A guide for anyone foolhardy enough to run for congress in a district that strongly favors the other party.
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FairVote's 2014 Congressional Analysis
- Posted: May 1, 2013
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home
Every two years, FairVote conducts a thorough analysis of congressional elections, pointing out problems and making predictions in U.S. House of Representatives districts in all 50 states, that we call Monopoly Politics. We recently released our first projections for the 2014 congressional elections, including publishing a downloadable spreadsheet with partisanship data for every congressional district in the country. Check out the media coverage of our 2014 projections, our Monopoly Politics 2012 report, and our resources on the fair voting solution.