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Eric M. Patashnik Is America’s Grand Experiment With Democracy at an End? Q&A with MPA Director, Eric M. Patashnik and Harvard Business School Professor, Katherine M. Gehl Democracies are supposed to respond to all of their citizens, yet our American political system – as it exists today – is broken: Our political two-party duopoly caters to highly ideological party primary voters and special interests; erects nearly insurmountable barriers to new competition from independents or third parties; encourages extreme partisanship, rather than compromise; and fails to implement legislation t...