Opinion: Our crisis of democracy is taking center stage in the 2020 campaign
By Katrina vanden Heuvel Katrina vanden Heuvel Columnist covering national politics, progressive politics and movements, and foreign policy Bio Follow Columnist April 9 at 8:29 AM Will the Constitution survive these troubled times? Should it? These are the questions at the center of Heidi Schreck’s powerful new play, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” which made its Broadway debut on March 31.
The United States’ crisis of democracy is taking center stage in the 2020 presidential campaign. At the same time that Democratic candidates are staking out bold stances on policies such as Medicare-for-all, they are also increasingly focused on the need to fix a broken political system. While it’s still early, voters seem to agree. Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind.
Meanwhile, congressional Democrats are taking up the mantle of democracy reform as well. Last month, Sens. Jeff Merkley and Tom Udall introduced a legislative package that would eliminate the electoral college, expand early voting and provide congressional representation for the approximately 4 million residents of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories.
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