The Crisis Of American Democracy

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Ben Wright asks whether American electoral democracy needs refreshing.

In the final part of his examination of American electoral democracy, Ben Wright investigates whether some of its long-cherished structures need refreshing, and asks what might happen at the presidential election in November.

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Ben Wright assesses the health of America's increasingly partisan electoral democracy.

Ben Wright assesses the health of America's increasingly partisan electoral democracy ahead of the 2020 elections and asks whether there might be a way forward out of the crisis.

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