Advocating for more functional and representative government through multi-member districts and proportional representation. Join us! ⚙️ 🏛 fixourhouse.org Co-founders: @leedrutman.bsky.social & @ezup.bsky.social Executive Director: @dustinwahl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mttrkh2eak2v"The problem goes deeper than the recent gerrymandering and cannot be solved without reforming our electoral system." @ajc.com https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2026/07/georgia-republicans-reined-in-the-gerrymandering-war-now-change-the-system/?gift_article_code=bzB1SjlUczlBN0trMjdtUl9adnVKTllhV0JBSDZzZ0VRVHBNeHhhZ2FSMDoxNzg4MDEwNDkyOjIyZjY4NjMyNzNkZDNhOTg&utm_campaign=articlegifting24 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttrkh2eak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mt2mkmi35k2h"Until the game changes, gerrymandering will only escalate. . . proportional representation is something Americans can, and are, warming to." @ruthgreenwood.bsky.social in the @bostonglobe.com https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/13/opinion/gerrymandering-proportional-representation/14 Aug 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2mkmi35k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3msqk5fdfpk2i"A new poll suggests many Americans may be more open to major changes in the U.S. electoral system than previously thought, including expanding the House of Representatives by 150 seats and adopting a form of proportional representation." @newsweek.com https://www.newsweek.com/voters-back-adding-150-new-lawmakers-congress-1230408110 Aug 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqk5fdfpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3msqk3fhzzc2iOur new poll with @newamerica.org and @verasight.io shows majority support for proportional representation. These strong numbers "mark a starting point for a national conversation about how to break out of the country's two-party system." https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5920312/proportional-representation-poll10 Aug 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqk3fhzzc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3msbt5bknkk23"The country has decided that two parties are not enough -- one finding where popular opinion remarkably tracks expert consensus." @andycraig.bsky.social @theunpopulist.net https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/americans-hate-the-two-party-system04 Aug 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbt5bknkk23https://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mrxhsnmfs22z"500 of the nation's top democracy, voting rights, and legal experts, have signed an open letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to consider one solution: proportional representation." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1d3QlDa7U31 Jul 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxhsnmfs22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mqk5lglkck2s"The two-party system’s chokehold on our politics threatens the very ideals this country was founded on." @osbornforne.bsky.social in @owhnews.bsky.social t.co/v6KsuJPDV7 https://t.co/v6KsuJPDV713 Jul 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk5lglkck2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mpyj23b3qs2s"Proportional representation is unique among reforms because it sits upstream of all the others." @farbodnagra.bsky.social and Cyrena Kokolis in @npquarterly.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org https://nonprofitquarterly.org/what-is-civil-societys-transformative-vision-for-democracy/06 Jul 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyj23b3qs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mpoiyugiqk2aPart of the reason our politicians are so old is that our elections are so uncompetitive. Another problem that proportional representation can help us solve! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoiyugiqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mphdjioqis24We need to bring Congress up to speed in the 21st century https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4618535/congress-struggling-legislation-funding-increase-house-size/29 Jun 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphdjioqis24https://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3moxzy6hh5c2nNonpartisan redistricting is not enough. We need true reform to stop gerrymandering. @spenceroverton.bsky.social https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5926647-proportional-representation-democracy/23 Jun 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxzy6hh5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mo4fszx6jc2bJohn Adams said Congress should be a "portrait in miniature" of the American people. That's proportional representation, and it's the solution to the gerrymandering wars. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/12/opinion/letters-john-adams-election-redistricting/12 Jun 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4fszx6jc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mnxflltvxc2vThere's a lot of diversity underneath the surface of the two-party system. America is too big for two parties! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/study-splits-americans-into-nine-political-groups-where-do-you-belong/10 Jun 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxflltvxc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mnd6jbamjk2dCato Institute on the benefits of proportional representation: "How to Fix the Gerrymandering Problem" https://www.cato.org/blog/multi-member-districts-how-fix-gerrymandering-problem02 Jun 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnd6jbamjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mmuahxtypc2kConservative EPPC writer Henry Olsen: "A system employing proportional representation could halt gerrymandering — and the damage it does to representative democracy — in its tracks." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/27/how-escape-gerrymandering-trap-proportional-representation/27 May 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuahxtypc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mmrcjbwaas2kProportional representation has long had the overwhelming support of people whose job is to study elections. We wrote this letter with @protectdemocracy.org in 2022, signed by 200 political scientists and historians. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/us/politics/redistricting-gerrymandering.html26 May 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrcjbwaas2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mmhgwksrik2eRepublican Congressman Michael Baumgartner expressing support for the idea of proportional representation: "Washington State is 40% Republican but Rs hold only 2 out of 10 House seats. For representative Democracy to work, people need to feel like they have a fair chance to participate in it."22 May 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhgwksrik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mm56t7q3hk2e"There is one reform that is adequate to the task [of stopping gerrymandering] and is suddenly relevant and realistic." @edkilgore.bsky.social @nymag.com https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/this-big-idea-could-fix-americas-gerrymandering-madness.html18 May 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm56t7q3hk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mitrjwuels2k"For now, the two-party system is likely to continue dominating. But with discontent among voters in both the Republican and Democratic bases, a mainstream push to get away from the system could be in the near future." @wshu.org @mollyi.bsky.social https://www.wshu.org/news/2026-04-06/america-two-party-voting-democrats-republicans06 Apr 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitrjwuels2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mg43yi77l22t"Congress can reform itself. . . Lots of small, internal reforms have been enacted, but there is a lot more work to be done."@kevinrkosar.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/opinion/congress-trump-secret-toxic.html02 Mar 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg43yi77l22thttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mejiseoirs2hFix Our House founder @leedrutman.bsky.social is in the @washingtonpost.com's Next 50: the people shaping the future of our society. "The times they are a-changin" https://www.washingtonpost.com/post-next/interactive/2026/lee-drutman/10 Feb 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejiseoirs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3meaklizugs2yGrowing support for proportional representation on the right07 Feb 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3meaklizugs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mckl4flqk22h@notus.com asked for under-the-radar ideas that could have a big impact on the country. Our answer: MGP and Jared Golden's Select Committee on Electoral Reform. It's a big step to break us out of the two-party doom loop. https://www.notus.org/perspectives/name-an-under-the-radar-idea-that-could-pass-congress-this-year-and-have-a-big-impact-on-the-country16 Jan 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckl4flqk22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3mbp26sljck23America's electoral rules make us uniquely vulnerable to gerrymandering. But Congress has the power to *change those rules* and adopt proportional representation, giving everyone a voice no matter where they live. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/19/us-stands-out-globally-in-how-it-draws-legislative-districts/05 Jan 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbp26sljck23https://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3maeko5qp5k2e"Proportional representation isn't just a policy change. It's a chance to revive faith in democracy." @protectdemocracy.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN5V0au9Xms19 Dec 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeko5qp5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fixourhouse.bsky.social/post/3m7422erovk2x"The winner-take-all system is at the heart of the problem." @sun-sentinel.com https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/02/how-proportional-representation-overcomes-gerrymandering-opinion/03 Dec 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:4mloevtc7hakuy6mkft6x4bk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7422erovk2x