Edward B. Foley Posts

“The Real Preference of Voters”: Madison’s Idea of a Top-Three Election and The Present Necessity of Reform

Madisonian democracy, as James Madison himself propounded it and as it has subsequently become to be practiced in the United States, has been viewed as different from the democratic theory developed by the French philosopher Marquis de Condorcet and the many subsequent scholars of social choice working in Condorcet’s wake.

What Happened in Wisconsin

In this podcast episode of Free and Fair with Franita and Foley, election scholars Ned Foley and Franita Tolson analyze the partisanship and polarization that contributed to the state’s fraught primary, and how other states can do better in their upcoming elections.