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“A fully divided two-party system without any overlap is probably unworkable in any democracy, given what it does to our minds. It leads us to see our fellow citizens not as political opponents to politely disagree with but as enemies to delegitimize and destroy. It turns politics from a forum where we resolve disagreements into a battlefield where we must win and they must lose.”
― Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
― Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
“Political fundraisers are part and parcel of doing business. You want to thank those who have supported you, you want to support them, but there’s no quid pro quo. Sometimes you organize fundraisers because you want to show your gratitude, you want to go the extra mile.”
― The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
― The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
“This partisan split oversimplifies political divisions and undermines broader representation. Rural voters are not all the same. Urban voters are not all the same. The problem is, when they can pick only one representative, the underlying diversity is lost. Rural Democratic voters and urban Republican voters still exist. But in our electoral system, they have no representatives in government. Instead, it’s the rural Republicans and the urban Democrats who define the party. This creates and reinforces divisions.”
― Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
― Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
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