Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is growing support for electoral reform in the U.S. PeterSnow/Getty Images In the face of widespread pessimism about the ...

Thanks to the intransigence of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on the legislative filibuster, any notion of Congress making a sustained push for democratic reforms is functionally dead. Voting rights ...

Would proportional representation be a better way of electing legislatures? This old idea, which dates back to John Stuart Mill and Nicolas de Condorcet, has been gaining ground among political ...

As states from Texas to California to Florida debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about — and often disgusted by — the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The ...

This week, British Columbians begin receiving ballots to vote on whether to change the province’s voting system to proportional representation from the traditional first-past-the-post system. The ...

2022 appears to be yet another year in which the “lesser evil” narrative has driven much public debate. While the anger with Democrats for not making meaningful action toward fulfilling their campaign ...

With the toppling of the Awami League-led government in Bangladesh after its 15-year stint in power, political parties have begun discussing the next round of elections in the country. After numerous ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Lynn McCoy, Georgia State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the face of ...