How to Make Politics Work Better

www.ozy.com [OZY]( OZY A Modern Media Company Share This Sh*t November 07, 2022 Share This Sh*t [The drop]( HOW TO MAKE POLITICS WORK BETTER The lead-up to this year’s U.S. midterm elections has shown how fed up U.S. voters are with politics as usual. Can we do better? Sponsored by [Cariuma]( Proposals for Reform 1 Gender and Racial Quotas for Congress The number of female and non-white representatives in the U.S. Congress has increased in recent years, but is such progress nearly enough to make up for the long-standing underrepresentation of women and minorities? Perhaps the U.S. should embrace a trend found in other representative democracies, and set gender and racial quotas for Congress? Around 90 countries globally employ gender quotas, and more than 30 countries also reserve seats in their parliaments for representatives of minority groups. [Read More on OZY]( 2 Are U.S. Elections Free and Fair? Let Foreigners Decide In polling season, election observers from wealthier nations descend upon Lagos, Caracas, Kingston and other places. They scrutinize voter registration and privacy provisions, preside over the counting of ballots and triple-check the accuracy of transmissions. Now, imagine foreign academics and policy wonks sharing tales of endless lines in Arizona, or hanging chads in Florida, or the thousands of New Yorkers mysteriously removed from the voter rolls. Let’s do unto ourselves what we do to others — and invite the world to monitor American elections. [Read More on OZY]( 3 Shut Facebook Down at Election Time Facebook has proved it can’t police itself. The social media giant has become unwieldy, and a target for bad actors with nefarious aims, from those inciting an ethnic cleansing in Myanmar to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. 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[SHOP NOW]( Useful Insights and Findings 1 The Lies We Tell … About Our Voting Record A recent study found that nearly four-fifths of Americans are lying about their voting record in order to make it seem like they vote more often than they do. That sense of civic duty — or at least the desire to appear to have a sense of civic duty — is now informing political campaigns and get-out-the-vote efforts to use social pressure and shame to lead people into the voting booth. [Read More on OZY]( 2 Why Live Audiences at Televised Debates Are a Bad Idea Want a serious televised political debate about the issues? Remove the audience. While televised political debates follow rules to help ensure civility and quiet, research suggests that even a seemingly innocent laugh from the audience can influence viewers at home. [Read More on OZY]( 3 What Colorado's Voter Engagement Can Teach the Nation Drive-thru ballot boxes. Walmart election centers. Sheriffs dropping off ballots door-to-door. 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[Ready More on OZY]( 2 Is Artificial Intelligence Coming to a Campaign Near You? As emerging technology shakes up fields from trucking to law to journalism, artificial intelligence is coming to politics — with vast potential to streamline campaigns, lobbying and lawmaking. Among other things, AI will be used to solve one of the thorniest problems for political data crunchers: how to connect voters’ online behavior — public tweets, Reddit posts, Instagram shots and so on — with offline voter data that can be used to assist door-knockers and to better target mail and television ads. [Read More on OZY]( 3 Politicians Join Voters in Virtual Escapism The old election adage is “go where the people are.” So some politicians have begun to join voters where many of them are most engaged: gaming. For example, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has professed her love for League of Legends in the past, opened up her Twitter DMs for four minutes during her 2020 campaign to let followers send her their Animal Crossing island codes — thereby letting her visit them with her digital avatar. [Read More on OZY]( 4 Targeting Voters in New Ways It isn’t enough anymore to just run Facebook ads or have a trendy Reddit page. Political campaigns are increasingly using geolocation strategies to reach supporters with tailored messages. They’re also reaching ever-deeper depths of Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms. And some are even using emerging platforms like Discord — a streaming service more typically used by video gamers — to gamify campaigning. [Read More on OZY]( What would you suggest to improve U.S. elections? What do you wish politicians running for office in your community would do differently? 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