Politics – Government

Pentagon Memorial Dedication Crowd. Photo by Master Sgt. Adam Stump, U.S. Air Force – courtesy of Wikimedia commons Here are results of recent polls: Index: What Concerns Most Americans » What Most Americans Want, to Address These Concerns » What are the Top Policy Priorities of Most Americans? » What Concerns Most Americans: The Partisan

Partisan Media give a distorted impression of Deep Divisions between the American People, along Party Lines If one watches and listens only to the Opinion Shows of the most Partisan Media in the United States today, you would think that Americans are deeply divided 50/50 into Republican and Democratic warring tribes on all issues. And,

Updated: August 17, 2021 Results of Periodic Gallup Polls of Party Affiliation: (Percentages rounded in chart above) Latest Polls during 2022 through 2024: Latest Polls during 2020 and 2021: Find Further Updates on Gallup News – Party Affiliation »

A Gallup Poll released on February 15, 2021, has found that: “Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults say the ‘parties do such a poor job representing the American people that a third party is needed.’” This is a record high percentage of Americans wanting a third party – in the history of Gallup’s polling on this

Princeton Study: Does the U.S. Government Represent the People? from Tom Curren on Vimeo. Video by Tom Curren for Represent.us What can we do about this? A number of nonprofit organizations, including Represent.us, are working for reform proposals to make our electoral system better represent us, the People. We at the Center Majority of America

This 60-second animation by Business Insider shows how increasingly divided Congress has become since 1949. It illustrates how the Bipartisan working relationships among members of Congress have continually declined, to the point where they now virtually have disappeared entirely! This means Congress has become more and more dysfunctional. Video animation by Businesss Insider, based on

Important Video by Unite America, a nonpartisan organization. According to Unite America, “We’re in a doom loop of toxic politics,” says political reform scholar Lee Drutman. In a new video from Unite America, Drutman’s doom loop theory is explained as we unpack how the doom loop threatens the very fabric of our nation. How did

“Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. Represent.Us board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of Represent.Us Josh Silver, walk through three lines that show what’s wrong with legal corruption in our government, how we can fix it and what you can do about it.”  

A YouTube Video by Represent.us, narrated by Michael Douglas. As explained by Represent.us: “Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. In this short film, Michael Douglas and RepresentUs Co-Founder Joshua Graham Lynn break down how our political system has been hijacked, why it encourages division and vilifies bipartisan cooperation, and why it’s

Video by Timeline World History Documentaries. This video documents “The decade of propaganda, impassioned speeches, newspaper articles, posters and campaigning that led to one moment, Hitler being made Chancellor of Germany in 1933.” Every American should watch this historical documentary, and ask yourself: “Does any of this behavior look familiar? Look like things happening now

Introductory Trailer for a significant PBS Documentary on this Important Subject: As explained in the Notes below this YouTube Video: “Dark Money examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials.” … “Your vote can be bought, but at what cost? Dark

Washington Journal interview on C-Span with Nick Penniman, author of the book, “Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It” (2016). Transcript of interview available on C-Span.  

Video by Unite America, a non-partisan organization. Why have Elected Representatives come to represent only the Extremes of each Party, not us the American People? One reason: Closed Primary Elections in gerrymandered districts, assure that only a small Minority of Extreme Voters pick the Candidates of both Parties! As described by Unite America, “Division and

YouTube Video by TED-Ed As described by the Publisher: “District lines, and the groups of voters within them, may seem arbitrary, but a lot of thought (and political bickering) is put into these carefully drawn lines. From “packing” a district to “cracking” a district–learn how the shape of districts impacts political parties during election season.”

Video by Ballotpedia, a nonpartisan organization Gerrymandering refers to a Partisan way of drawing Congressional Districts to favor one party unfairly over the other. This happens most frequently in States where Congressional Districts are drawn by the State Legislature. This allows the Party in power at the time when district lines are redrawn every 10

Video by Institute for Political Innovation (IPI) According to IPI, “By implementing Final-Five Voting™, a system wherein the top five candidates are selected from the primary ballot and ranked-choice voting is used in the general election, we will ensure that politicians are held accountable for delivering results.” See this Video of a TED Talk by

As advised by our Founding Fathers, as Voters we have a duty to educate ourselves and gain Knowledge of The True Facts, in order to secure our Liberties & preserve a Government Of the People, By the People & For the People » Vote Smart is a nonpartisan non-profit organization, based in DesMoines, IA. The

YouTube Video by TLDR News Starting at 8.15, this Video explains the principal reasons why Third Parties have not been able to succeed in U.S.: Usurpation of 3rd Party Platforms by the Two Major Parties. The two Major Parties have a history of usurping the platforms/ policies of any significant 3rd parties, making the potential