Hi, I'm Megan, and this is your civic minute.
Something feels broken.
You vote, but it doesn't seem to matter.
Your representative doesn't listen to you.
Elections feel like they're decided before they start.
And no matter who wins, nothing really changes.
You're not imagining it.
The United States is one of the oldest democracies on Earth.
That's something to be proud of.
But it also means we're running on some of the oldest machinery, nearly every democracy
that came after us looked at our system.
Single-member districts, winner-take-all, two choices on the ballot, unlimited campaign
spending, and decided they could do better.
Today, the vast majority of the world's democracies use some form of proportional representation,
where the seats match the votes, and nearly every voter helps choose someone who represents
them.
We were the country that showed the world democracy was possible.
We can also be the country that's willing to make it better.
That's your civic minute.
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