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At 30% of the population, white men exercise minority rule over most state legislatures, the House, the Senate, and statewide offices from coast to coast. And not because voters want them to.

System Failure

In the last general election, 52% of Georgia’s state legislature contests were won by candidates who ran unopposed.

Millions of Georgia voters had no choice.

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System Failure

In 2022, more than 30% of state legislators across the country ran unopposed.

Millions of American voters had no choice.

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1,857 state legislators across the country ran unopposed in the last general election.

Millions of American voters had no choice.

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To confront the structural advantages granting white men disproportionate political power, we must first understand them.

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System Failure: What the 2020 Primary Elections revealed about our democracy
The Guardian: White male minority rule pervades politics across the US, research shows

Alexandra Villarreal discusses our new report, and its implications for US democracy, with Campaign director Brenda Choresi Carter.

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