American Democracy Can't Survive Unless the Far Right Is Marginalized. Here's How to Do It

TIME ^ | 3/19/21 | Lee Drutman

[DallasBiff]

As our nation comes to grip with the horrific events of January 6 and watches the Republican Party descend further into Trumpism as it pushes hundreds of restrictive voting laws across the country, the obvious question is how does American democracy come back from all this?

There is a path forward: The super-majority of Americans across the political spectrum who reject the extremism need to come together. This includes the pro-democracy right. But for the pro-democracy right to thrive, we need to reform the U.S. voting system to allow for new parties to emerge outside the existing two-party system. Without electoral reform, third parties are likely to fail as spoilers. But only a new small “l” liberal Republican Party—distinct from the increasingly illiberal Trumpist GOP, can establish a new partisan identity that gives center-right voters a meaningful home. Only a new party can create a distinct pathway to elected office that avoids the combatively hyper-partisan Republican primary voters. A party faction cannot do these things. Left to fight a losing battle in the Republican Party, as the recent CPAC confirmed, the withering pro-democracy faction is up against frightening odds

[vivenne]

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[OHPatriot]

Useful Idiots = Target Rich Environment.

No Quarter. No Mercy. NO BAG LIMIT!!!!

[Robert DeLong]

Lee Drutman
Education: Brown University, UC Berkeley
Institutions: New America Foundation

Total leftist Marxist

[Erik Latranyi]

Not sure where i said that … youre flailing. Did he dangle the spectre of a national abortion ban publicly days before the elections or not? You know after Trumps successful mission to overturn Roe v Wade returning the choice to the states? Cmon man.

Let us review:

Trump blamed conservatives for the midterm losses.

YOU cited Lindsey Graham

I laughed at you because Lindsey Graham is no conservative.

Now you claim ignorance.

Trump was referring to conservative candidates, by the way, not Lindsey Graham. I linked the quote somewhere here. Search "Trump blames conservatives"

Now Trump has come out and stated that he would negotiate a federal abortion limit that the whole country can agree with. That was right after calling Florida' 6-week limit "harsh"

Do you want Trump negotiating your rights away?

[sauropod]

Your dad was right.

I call it the “All the news that is fit to slant” paper.

[central_va]

[mewzilla]

Check out the campaign the author is involved in...

https://www.fixourhouse.org/

Nuff said, eh?

[Sirius Lee]

The author is advocating for a New And Zealously Intersectional (NAZI) party to deal with those pesky untermenschen. (Conservatives, Christians, Normals)

[MrRelevant]

Lol…. Flailing. Trump blamed prolife Repubicans …. Aka prolife conservatives for the loss in the midterms ie Lindsay Graham.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-blames-pro-life-republicans-midterm-loss.amp

Some might say Graham is not even a Republican…. That however is opinion , just like your view that a man wanting a national abortion ban isnt conservative😂