Dan Cantor
@danielcantor.bsky.social
Senior Advisor @centerforballotfreedom.org. Here for multiparty democracy, election reform, and government that works. Reviving #FusionVoting 🗳 former @workingfamilies.org
Lee Drutman advocates for fusion voting to pave the way for proportional representation. leedrutman.substack.com/p/how-fusion... If CO had fusion voting, then I would be listed under the Forward, Approval Voting, Unity and perhaps other party lines. www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/electio...
Familiarity, however, does seem to produce greater support. Fusion voting, for example, fared best in the Northeast where people are already used to seeing it on ballots (most famously in NY, but also CT and VT, with some limited use in NH).
The endorsements reflect the Working Families Party’s current strategy in Wisconsin, where it is supporting candidates running as Democrats while working to restore fusion voting, an effort it has recently pursued alongside the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Working Families Party Backs Nine Democrats in State Primary
The Wisconsin Working Families Party has endorsed nine Democrats seeking state office this year, backing a blend of incumbent lawmakers and primary challengers ahead of Wisconsin’s August 11 state pri...
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"[A] pipeline can be built anywhere there are people willing to do the work. "We’re going to build it across the South, deep enough...to make the big + necessary structural changes of our own, from proportional rep + fusion voting to ending the winner-take-all system that was rigged from the jump."
A noted civil rights lawyer and law professor makes the constitutional case for reviving fusion voting (and fusion parties) — and explains why he thinks the timing is right. @sbagen.bsky.social @msifry.bsky.social Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Podcast: Sam Bagenstos on litigating our way to a multi-party system in Michigan
A noted civil rights lawyer and law professor makes the constitutional case for reviving fusion voting (and fusion parties) — and explains why he thinks the timing is right.
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fusion voting reforms would be worthwhile here, i think
Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · last mo.And on the presidential level, winner-take-all as that inherently is, parties could negotiate to have a combined nominating process for a single candidate to rally behind, if they want and find enough agreement for it. It’s not incompatible with a multi-party system, we have examples of it.
The answer is simple. Demand fusion voting. protectdemocracy.org/work/fusion-...
Fusion voting, explained
Fusion voting allows more than one political party to nominate the same candidate on the ballot, empowering minor parties to unite a cross-ideological coalition behind a single candidate.
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Fusion voting gives new parties a chance to prove their strength, build constituencies, and earn real influence without acting as spoilers.
Winner-take-all voting isn’t the only type of electoral system out there. Let’s talk about fusion voting.
In New York, hundreds of thousands of voters have cast ballots on fusion party lines, helping demonstrate the parties electoral strength while still contributing to a coalition candidate's victory.
You don't seem to understand how fusion voting works. A candidate can appear on multiple ballot lines. In NY, for instance, I might be able to vote for my current Representative, Paul Tonko, on either the Democratic or the Working Families party line. 1/
When the votes are counted, he gets all the votes from both ballot lines. There's no "siphoning" of votes, but people who like Tonko and are unhappy with the larger party can signal that by voting on the WFP line. It works, and works well. 2/2
You’re wrong. I live and vote in NY, and I’m telling you how the process actually works here. Most candidates appear on multiple ballot lines on our ballots.
Fusion voting isn’t about “subverting” anything. We’ve used it for a long time in NY. If anything, it gives a candidate a way to broaden their base of support by getting ballot lines from multiple parties.
Fusion voting is gaining attention across the country because it gives voters more choices without acting as spoilers. A candidate can appear on multiple party lines, allowing voters to support both the candidate they prefer and the party that best reflects their values. @jefftimmer.bsky.social
this is unironically why Lee Drutman is right to argue that Dems should pass reforms that push the post-Trump government towards proportional representation + fusion voting more broadly
David Raikow@david.raikow.online · last mo.If the US had an electoral system that could support more than two parties, this would be a perfectly reasonable argument. But it doesn’t. We get two. Which means that voters of any political persuasion who are unhappy with those two parties have every right to try to take control of one of them.
Greetings all—it's #Juneteenth, a powerful day in the Black freedom struggle. In NC's history, newly emancipated Black voters allied with poor White farmers through fusion politics. That same spirit can guide us today. #FusionVoting can break the two-party doom loop—and build a real #democracy.
The Callais decision only fuels the gerrymandering fire, but Lee Drutman offers a way to stop it. Learn more on this episode of the @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social with our very own @leedrutman.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/o...
Opinion | How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
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The Working Families of New York raised the minimum wage, repealed draconian drug laws, and held together a multiracial coalition without holding a single seat. Tabatha Abu El-Haj dives into what the associational party building could promise for the U.S. @newamerica.org
Americans Are Tired of Political Parties. This Approach Offers Hope.
The promises of associational party building in a moment of electoral despair.
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Single-member districts + two hollow parties + no VRA guardrails = a partisan death spiral. Proportional representation is one solution. The on-ramp is fusion voting. The proof of concept is New York's Working Families Party. New report: www.newamerica.org/insights/ass...
A Model for Associational Party Building
New York’s Working Families Party demonstrates how political parties can rebuild community ties, foster participation, and translate electoral leverage into policy wins.
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In 24 states, citizens have no direct path to place statewide measures on the ballot. New polling finds people in many of those states want one—they just don't know they don't have it. @politicalreform.newamerica.org @oscarp.bsky.social @maresastrano.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/insights/low...
Low Awareness, Strong Appetite: New Polling on Ballot Initiative Access in 10 Non-Initiative States
A survey commissioned by New America’s Political Reform program suggests a key barrier to states adopting a ballot initiative process is lack of awareness, not opposition.
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Ezra Klein and I talk gerrymandering, proportional representation, and all kinds of madness. This is an episode of the Ezra Klein Show you won't want to miss! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/o...
Opinion | How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
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“The line provides the glue." New case study of New York's Working Families Party shows how fusion voting and a commitment to associational politics held a diverse coalition together. www.newamerica.org/insights/ass...
A Model for Associational Party Building
New York’s Working Families Party demonstrates how political parties can rebuild community ties, foster participation, and translate electoral leverage into policy wins.
newamerica.org
New from @polreformna.bsky.social: We surveyed 4,600+ residents across 10 states that lack a ballot initiative process. Do they know they don't have one? What do they think about getting one? 🧵 www.newamerica.org/insights/low...
Low Awareness, Strong Appetite: New Polling on Ballot Initiative Access in 10 Non-Initiative States
A survey commissioned by New America’s Political Reform program suggests a key barrier to states adopting a ballot initiative process is lack of awareness, not opposition.
newamerica.org