The Democracy Deficit: Solving for Competition in the People’s House

Congress: Making Democracy Competitive Again

Part 3 of 3: How three structural reforms could break the duopoly, restore real competition, and make the People's House accountable again.

Nov 17, 2025 • Matt Haggman

Congress: How We Got Stuck

Part 2 of 3. How the vast majority of races for the U.S. House became uncompetitive through gerrymandering, a supine Supreme Court, geographic sorting…

Nov 7, 2025 • Matt Haggman

Congress: The Vanishing Competition

Part 1 of 3. The U.S. House was designed as the 'People's House'—the most direct expression of democracy. Now fewer than 10% of its races are actually…

Oct 31, 2025 • Matt Haggman

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