Jamelle Bouie: The Gerrymandering Crisis Has a Fix. Here's What It Looks Like.

[marmar]

May 10, 2026

Last week, I did a video for the New York Times on why we need fundamental electoral reform. The short of it is that the two-party system isn't in the Constitution. It's a product of single-member districts and first-past-the-post elections — structural choices, not destiny. And structural choices can be changed. Here are three options for how you might change American elections, and what that world might look like.

[Native]

1. I've got a perfect fix - no private money - only public funding & shorter election cycles.