Expanding Representation in Michigan: Proportional Representation and State Elections

The winner-take-all system used today in most U.S. elections exacerbates polarization, supercharges gerrymandering, and leaves many Americans with a representative for whom they did not vote.  

Expanding Representation: Reinventing Congress in the 21st Century, a report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, examines how moving to a system of proportional representation could improve our politics for the future. Join us to learn what proportional representation is, why it matters for our current moment, what it can and cannot fix, and how it can be designed and implemented at the state level.  

From the report: "Replacing the current system of winner-take-all elections for members of the House of Representatives could fundamentally alter our constitutional democracy, giving new voice to millions of Americans and reshaping Congress as a result. Americans are ready for this change: as the survey research in this report highlights, they are overwhelmingly frustrated with the status quo and, more importantly, are open to something new."