ProRep Coalition

A party wins 40% of the vote. They deserve: A) all of the power B) none of the power C) a 40% share of the power If they get 60%, they deserve: A) all of the power B) none of the power C) a 60% share of the power Did you pick C? Then you support #ProportionalRepresentation.

#ProportionalRepresentation systems "demonstrably produce more accurate, fair, and representative results."

" #ProportionalRepresentation is basically race neutral… It allows, basically, the voters to determine the groupings rather than some state entity or some politicians creating the political winners and losers." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

"For the first time, California law explicitly recognizes [ #ProportionalRepresentation ] voting methods... as remedies... available to all local jurisdictions, including cities without a charter, sometimes known as 'general law cities.'" fairvote.org/updated-cali...

At the end of the day, #ProportionalRepresentation performs quite well. If you want things done fast, go with a one-party system (e.g., China, or even the US right now). If you want things done according to how the people actually want them done, go with a multi-party system.

“'She also really cared about ideas, and I think many of those ideas were ahead of their time.' For example, Guinier was an early champion of instituting #ProportionalRepresentation in U.S. elections.” hls.harvard.edu/today/lani-g...

"We must discuss changing the entire structure, possibly to resemble most democratic societies that have a system of #ProportionalRepresentation rather than the winner-take-all districts we have." scalawagmagazine.org/2026/09/blac...

Proportional representation is "an opportunity to kind of reset and kind of reimagine." marylandmatters.org/2026/09/17/v...

Come hang out with me and @prorepcoalition.bsky.social and @indivisiblesac.bsky.social and @betterballotsac.bsky.social and help design a more inclusive and more representative election system for the California legislature. It's fun! It's free! It's different! There will be snacks!

"Tomorrow never comes, right? And I think that’s why a really important part of the progressive movement is pushing for things like #ProportionalRepresentation that might... take away the pressure of having to win these winner-take-all elections." newrepublic.com/article/2159...

"This is the actual solution to gerrymandering: #ProportionalRepresentation.... My conversation with Nilu Jenks, Seattle City Council candidate and political director at FairVoteWA..." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

"Burnham has long supported Britain ditching its first-past-the-post system, which requires a party to ​win at least 326 seats out of 650 to ​secure a majority in parliament, in favour of #ProportionalRepresentation." www.reuters.com/world/uk-pm-...

"There are many ways to draw up new blueprints for what a reconstructed democracy should look like. #ProportionalRepresentation is one of the most promising I have seen, and it deserves more attention and more investment." nonprofitquarterly.org/restoration-...

@dsallentess.bsky.social and Meredith Sumpter for @americanbar.org: "Proportional representation is a structural solution that would make gerrymandering far harder and give voters representation proportional to their actual support. www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/... #ProportionalRepresentation

Genuine question for my fellow Californians: if the same party ran everything for 60 years and we still rank 38th in education and have the worst housing shortage in the country... at what point do we ask if the system itself is broken? California needs #ProportionalRepresentation.

If California had 6 political parties instead of 2, which one would actually represent YOU? We built a quiz to help you find out 👉 www.prorepcoalition.org/multiparty-q... #ProportionalRepresentation

Sacramento! Do you want to help build a better, more inclusive and more representative democracy in California? Join me and @prorepcoalition.bsky.social and @indivisiblesac.bsky.social and @betterballotsac.bsky.social on October 6 and help us design a better election system. It's hella fun!

83% of the world's advanced democracies use #ProportionalRepresentation. California is a state that purports to lead on innovation but is stuck with a 200-year-old winner-take-all system. We can do better. Learn more at: www.prorepcoalition.org/what-is-prop...

#ProportionalRepresentation would fix more things beyond gerrymandering and polarization.

California is the world's 4th largest economy — and one party has controlled it for 60 of the last 65 years. That's not a healthy democracy, that's a monopoly on power. It's high time to break the monopoly, unfuck the system, and make #ProportionalRepresentation a reality.

"Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez... [urged] the... establishing a bipartisan Select Committee on #ElectoralReform... [which] would investigate options such as multi-member districts with #ProportionalRepresentation..." gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/rep-gl...

"The Twin Falls County Fair wrapped up as independent U.S. Senate candidate Todd Achilles campaigned there... Achilles, a veteran and former state legislator... wants to... end gerrymandering, replacing it with #ProportionalRepresentation." www.kmvt.com/2026/09/08/s...

"This gerrymandering that's been going on has just been abused by both parties. We need to replace it once and for all with #ProportionalRepresentation." www.military.com/exclusive-ar...

Same for US and California voters, really. #ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopooly

@fairvote.bsky.social: "In 2026, a range of political scientists and legal scholars, elected officials, and voting rights leaders across the political spectrum have shared their support for #ProportionalRepresentation in American elections." fairvote.org/who-supports...

Coming from Denmark with 6 million people and 10+ parties in parliament, it is hard to imagine the US with 340+ million people only having 2 parties! Time to adopt Proportional Representation? @fixourhouse.bsky.social @prorepcoalition.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/...

"There are deeper reforms that could be undertaken, as well. Adopting #ProportionalRepresentation would restore competitive elections to the House and end the scourge of gerrymandering forever." newrepublic.com/article/2139...

We agree 100% Although technically, we also think that #ProportionalRepresentation can't happen soon enough and so would prefer it in the shorter run to improve our outlook of the longer run.

We see this right now, both in the US by Republicans and in California by Democrats. Two-party systems result in one-party domination too often, destroying all checks and balances. Multi-party competition just works better. #ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopoly #FairSeats #EndPolarization

“We need a more proportional Congress. We would have, I think, more new – sometimes young and fresh – candidates. ‘Return to normal,’ in my view, won’t work.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social shares why we need proportional representation in an interview with @politico.com. #ProportionalRepresentation ⬇️

We really do need #ProportionalRepresentation, and it can all start with California!

Gary has been a long-time champion of #ProportionalRepresentation.

"Contrary to popular belief, [young people] haven’t given up on politics [but] want a different kind of politics and are drawn to reforms like #ProportionalRepresentation with the potential to make democracy more representative, inclusive, and dynamic." www.newamerica.org/insights/gen...

And if we do our job right, many Americans will learn about #ProportionalRepresentation after they see California implement it for the state legislature. And then everyone can see for themselves how it is fairer and more functional and why most democracies chose it.

One week out. We're continuing America After Trump live with @protectdemocracy.org on Aug. 19 at 12:30 PM ET: the threats to the 2026 midterms and how proportional representation could end the gerrymandering wars. Register: protdem.org/AfterTrump

The fix is proportional representation: a party's share of seats matches its share of votes. A party that wins 40 percent of the vote wins about 40 percent of the seats, so gerrymandered maps stop working. Our report, When Maps Don't Matter, shows how it would work. protectdemocracy.org/maps

Under gerrymandering, candidates get to pick their voters to make sure their seats are safe. #ProportionalRepresentation lets *you* pick your representative.

Proportional representation is the best answer now. I'm biased, because a version of it elected me 5 times to the Cambridge City Council. But I can attest that it works!

"...2029 has to be a year of action... House reform: ...adopting multi-member districts with #ProportionalRepresentation, so that everyone, across race and ethnicity and geography and ideology, can have a voice in the People’s House." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

A new poll from @fixourhouse.bsky.social & @newamerica.org finds voters support proportional representation by a 2-to-1 margin. Support was high for GOP, Dem, & independent voters. PR & multi-member districts would end gerrymandering & give everyone a voice in Congress. www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...

We are winning the battle for #ProportionalRepresentation!

Indeed, we're starting to see more US leaders talk about #ProportionalRepresentation as well (particularly as people become more and more upset about all the gerrymandering).

The Republican Party as well, allowing both MAGA and Never Trumpers to have their own parties. And it's *obviously* the future of the Greens, Libertarians, Peace & Freedom, etc.

"‘We’ve got to go much further than we were before... We need nonpartisan-drawn multi-member districts with... #ProportionalRepresentation, so we can have real democracy in the country.’” (quote is from 57:21 in response to question starting at 55:01) ips-dc.org/video-3rd-an...

"The [US] elects its House members through single-member districts. This electoral system makes the drawing of district lines consequential in the first place. We write to urge Congress to do what most democracies have already done: adopt #ProportionalRepresentation." medium.com/@scholars-re...

"American politicians, including Georgia’s leaders, need to call a permanent truce in the gerrymandering wars... Other countries use proportional representation because it makes democracy stronger. We should join them." www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...

"Gerrymandering is made possible by the use of single-member districts... Most democracies instead use #ProportionalRepresentation... [where] gerrymandering is prohibitively difficult. The system would end the redistricting wars for good." protectdemocracy.org/work/when-ma...

Fair representation is #ProportionalRepresentation.

"And if major change does happen, a future American democracy might look different, Pepinsky said. For example, the U.S. could get rid of single-member districts in favor of #ProportionalRepresentation..." And we hope it does! as.cornell.edu/news/if-you-...