A leading political analyst identifies what he calls the nation's worst threat to democracy in years, recommending such strategies as better national election standards, nonpartisan election officials, an Election Day holiday, and proportional representation. Original.

Fixing Elections shows our whole 18th-century Winner Take All political system, including the way we elect our legislatures. Steven Hill argues our geographic-based, Winner Take All political system is at the root of many of our worst political problems, including poor minority and majority representation, low voter turnout, expensive mudslinging campaigns, congressional gridlock, regional balkanization, and the growing divide between city-dwellers and middle-America.

Argues that reform is needed to overcome voter apathy.

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