America's political system is becoming increasingly polarized and divisive and that empowers its enemies, write leedrutman and seanmcfate
warned that our two-party structure has “produced a deeply divided political system that is incapable of responding to changing demands and emerging challenges.”
If we move to a proportional voting system that allows multimember districts, new parties will form, followed by new coalitions that can break up the hyper-partisan gridlock that makes us vulnerable to foreign adversaries. Importantly, this does not require a constitutional amendment. Article I, Section IV of the Constitution gives Congress the power to set the rules of its own elections.
Some will object, assuming additional political parties means more instability, noting the two-party system was previously stable. It was – but only because it contained overlapping coalitions within it. In a sense, the U.S. had a hiddensystem for much of the 20th century, with liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats alongside conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats.
Hyper-partisanship is a top national security issue. Foreign adversaries like Russia and China foment polarization through clandestine, provocative disinformation as a strategy to defeat us, like a virus killing its host. Ultimately, the solution lies in addressing our rigid two-party system and electoral institutions that keep us divided and vulnerable. But it won’t be resolved by 2024. If the domestic peace collapses, itbe the military’s problem.
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