Solutions IV

For Monday, read ch. 16 of Hershey.

One problem for top two and RCV:  most states do not have direct initiative.

Another problem is the public's low priority on election reform.

Peer review

Republicans on Trump:

Superdelegates may no longer vote on the first ballot.  And there has not been more than one ballot since 1952.

Vote of no confidence?

Partisan Polarization on Issues

NRA and Russian Infiltration

Vaccines

Russia has been pushing the vaccine-autism myth for years.  And now doing the same for COVID.

In 2020, COVID deaths were not partisan.  Once the vaccine became available, however, things changed:

Morning Consult data

Polarization is lethal: