From the Vault! Our Broken Two-Party System: U.S. Political Parties

We're taking a break from releasing new episodes for four weeks this summer. This week, we dug into our vault and are re-releasing our episode on political parties in the United States.  This episode dives into the issues we face today with our two-party system by focusing on how we got here and how the system holds us back.  We end with starting the conversation on how we can work towards finding solutions.

Original Air Date: March 14, 2023

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Resources

• Two-party system | Features, Advantages, & Problems
• Can we have democracy without political parties?
• Twelfth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1900
• U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States
• How Much Has America Changed Since 1900?
• How the American middle class has changed in the past five decades
• Is rise of middle class good for democracy?
• Corporate money in politics threatens US democracy—or does it?
• How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics | FiveThirtyEight
• Single-member district - Ballotpedia
• Proportional representation - Ballotpedia
• The Two-Party System Broke the Constitution - The Atlantic
• U.S. Democracy Needs a Multiparty System to Survive (foreignpolicy.com)
• Party Affiliation | Gallup Historical Trends

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