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Description: Why is there no third party in American politics? Lou explains how Republicans and Democrats seized power and designed a duopoly that prevents political innovation. He takes a look at some of the electoral reforms that might pave the way for new ideas – like ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts. SOURCES & FURTHER READING Voter Study Group on Spoiler Alert voterstudygroup.org/publication/spoiler-alert Washington’s Farewell Address ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=15&page=transcript Postell on The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in America heritage.org/political-process/report/the-rise-and-fall-political-parties-america Duverger’s Law oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095737871 Jennifer Lawrence on Electoral Reforms act.represent.us/sign/the-problem-omaze Justin Amash leaving the Republican Party washingtonpost.com/opinions/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop/2019/07/04/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html CREDITS Writer: Louis Foglia Editor: Page Ellerson Researcher: Hannah Miller Supervising Producer: Allison Brown Follow Beme on Instagram: instagram.com/bemenews Twitter: twitter.com/bemenews Facebook: facebook.com/officialbeme