FixUS
Addressing the division, distrust & dysfunction threatening our democracy
Join Americans united in a shared belief that overcoming our divisions and fixing the system are our top national priorities.
FixUS Depolarization Challenge
Op-Ed: Growing threat to American democracy – Winning at all costs
FixUS Depolarization Challenge
About 40 volunteers from the FixUS community participated in a pilot project to mend frayed relationships, build community, and find a lost sense of agency to enact positive change.
Read the report on our quantitative and qualitative findings.
FixUS Solutions Landscape
Op-Ed: Growing threat to American democracy – Winning at all costs
FixUS Depolarization Challenge
The newest FixUS research project is an objective evaluation of some of the institutional reforms most commonly proposed as fixes for our representative democracy's most glaring problems, including redistricting, primary, and money-in-politics reforms and ranked-choice voting.
Read the "Solutions Landscape," a collaborative review Google Doc.
Op-Ed: Growing threat to American democracy – Winning at all costs
Op-Ed: Growing threat to American democracy – Winning at all costs
Op-Ed: Growing threat to American democracy – Winning at all costs
Writing in The Hill, Michael Murphy and Andrew Henry of FixUS argue that the most recent debt ceiling debate and the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act were, above all else, illustrative of the more fundamental challenges facing our political system.
Read the op-ed.
FixUS-YouGov Patriotism Poll
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here?
Op-Ed: Growing threat to American democracy – Winning at all costs
In a nationwide poll conducted by YouGov, FixUS asked respondents for their views on a range of American ideals, values, and historical events – finding that even in our polarized environment, Americans share feelings of patriotism and national pride.
View the preliminary findings.
Watch the virtual discussion.
Read the op-ed.
View the full dataset.
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here?
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here?
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here?
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here? convenes the perspectives of 30 experts to better understand the root causes of the division, governmental dysfunction, and public distrust that have become so apparent.
Read the report.
Why is Governing No Longer Good Politics?
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here?
Root Causes Perspectives: How Did We Get Here?
Why is Governing No Longer Good Politics?: Reflections from a Thousand Years of Public Service brought together a group of public servants for their unique perspectives to shed some light on the severe polarization and bitterly divisive politics facing our country.
Read the report.
FixUS Focus Groups Explore What Values Unite and Divide Us
FixUS Focus Groups Explore What Values Unite and Divide Us
FixUS Focus Groups Explore What Values Unite and Divide Us
FixUS engaged Americans on some simple yet fundamental questions about ourselves as a nation: What do we value? What are our common goals and aspirations for ourselves, our communities, and our country? Our report, Divided Nationally, United Locally, summarizes findings from a first round of focus group discussions on these topics.
Read the report.
Op-Ed: How the 'Unum Test' Can Reunite America
FixUS Focus Groups Explore What Values Unite and Divide Us
FixUS Focus Groups Explore What Values Unite and Divide Us
In Time magazine, John Avlon of CNN; former Congressman Mickey Edwards; Maya MacGuineas of FixUS; and Jonathan Haidt of New York University's Stern School of Business outline a 'Unum Test' to put partisanship aside and think about how to unite the country.
Read the op-ed.