Young Americans give me more hope for substantial electoral and democracy reform

Not a lot of hope, to be sure, but more

The Harvard Institute of Politics (IOP) released a new poll this week that is getting a lot of attention. As it should; The poll shows that a majority of young Americans believe our democracy is either “in trouble,” or “failing.” Among the young people (ages 18-29) that they interviewed:

• 7% rated the US a “healthy democracy”

• 27% called it a “somewhat func…