The study highlights the significant role of direct popular voting, which stands out as the most effective democratic ...

Efforts to resist the proposals would mark a continuation of Republican attempts to curtail direct democracy in Missouri as ...

Not surprisingly, democracy is a very popular idea. A Pew Research Center survey of people in 24 nations in 2023 revealed that 70% of people support direct democracy, with the percentage rising to 77% ...

Machine politics vs. direct democracy That climate regime might fall in November, or it might not, and the same is true for all of the other initiatives. Early polling had Washington voters ...

But the push to bring direct democracy back to Washington after a long hiatus had already scored three big wins before a single ballot was cast. Heywood’s group Let’s Go Washington began most ...

One of the most dangerous things Indian democracy could do is dabble in the politics of clichés. Democracy as a system can ...

Regardless of what the Trump administration does, the efficacy of ballot measures may be limited in states under Republican ...

Before Missouri voted to overturn the state’s abortion ban, House Majority Leader Jonathan Patterson said lawmakers should respect the will of voters. And when voters also approved raising the ...