Astead Herndon

If you could pass a law or wave a magic wand that you think would make our democracy more fair, what would it be?

It also addresses the like kind of constant election cycle that we are increasingly in between primaries and runoffs.

I feel for voters in competitive places who are now kind of like consistently bombarded with an overload of information.

A national primary today would fix a lot of that.

I'm team, you know, national gerrymandering before.

Honestly, I'm team all of the above.

You can convince me for a constitutional convention to write the whole thing over.

But I think at the basic level, doing something that does give us more of a direct democracy feel is, I think, something folks crave.

I hear about that.

I hear about term limits.

I hear about Supreme Court term limits increasingly more.

And it just feels like one of those things that comes up from the bottom that you rarely hear from the elected official lane.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I don't think I've talked to a Californian who just feels heard.

Right?

I guess I want to ask them, what is there like a hopeful democracy spot of joy?

I mean, here in New York, I think ranked choice voting certainly like I feel like got some good reviews, has invigorated folks into the process.

I think in the mayor's race, you saw different levels of cooperation or things you wouldn't have seen before.

Like to take the California thought, like if the reforms don't lead to greater participation, like what overcomes the malaise?

Yeah, I'm like, you start the clock.