The government shut down because our winner-take-all system elected a polarized Congress with no incentive to compromise. To end the cycle of government-by-crisis and elect a more representative Congress, we need ranked choice voting in multi-seat districts.

FairVote resources on the shutdown and the ranked choice voting solution:

• In a Washington Post op-ed, Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy lay out the case for ranked choice voting
• Richie and McCarthy explain how winner-take-all elections caused the government shutdown in the Huffington Post
• Andrew Douglas writes on the disappearance of moderates from the House of Representatives
• FairVote's infographics on the roots of congressional gridlock and the fair voting solution
• Upcoming: Check back soon for the full Monopoly Politics/Fair Voting 2014 report and a new explanatory video on fair representation voting