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Podcast: Open to Debate
Episode: #176 - Is the Two-Party System Good for Democracy?
Description: As the nation gears up for the 2020 presidential election, we ask: Is the two-party system good for democracy? Does relying on two hugely powerful political bodies drive division and push voters to the extremes? Or does the two-party system moderate the electorate and make the nation governable? Keynote Conversation:Joanne Freeman - Professor of History and American Studies, Yale UniversityFor the Motion:Yascha Mounk - Author, "The People vs. Democracy"Norman Ornstein - Resident Scholar, American Enterprise InstituteAg...