Host Ian Millhiser talks with political scientist Norm Ornstein and Vox’s Matt Yglesias about the structural factors — many of them written into the Constitution itself — that impede a democratic majority from electing their preferred leaders and several ideas about how these hurdles can be overcome.
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Featuring:
Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Matthew Yglesias, Senior Correspondent at Vox
Host:
Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), Senior Correspondent, Vox
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Editor: Elbert Ventura
Executive Producer: Liz Nelson
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