What If You Had More Than Just Two Choices For President? Lee Drutman's Argument for Ranked Choice Voting and More than Two Parties

<p>Lee Drutman is author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Two-Party-Doom-Loop-Multiparty/dp/0190913851" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Breaking the Two Party Doom Loop</a>: The Case for Multi-party Democracy in America.” He says introducing ranked choice voting would make it more likely that other political parties would emerge beyond just the two we have now. </p><p><br></p><p>Drutman's book argued for abolishing party primaries as well, and for using ranked choice voting to elect members of Congress as well. </p><p><br></p><p>Drutman is a senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America. </p><p><br></p><p>Outro music: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_fw6qukCjg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Awaiting Resurrection</a>" by Drive-By Truckers</p><p><br></p> <p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame">http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame</a>.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>