Democracy Institute

Topics

Bloomberg Had The Right Idea
Campaign spending is good

November 9, 2005

Democracy Demands Ousting the Incumbent Class

August 9, 2005

Uncompetitive Elections and the American Political System
Do the People Choose Their Politicians or Do the Politicians Choose Their Voters?

By Dennis Polhill and Patrick Basham - July 1, 2005

In Scandalous Times, Bush Could Learn from Clinton

Novemer 4, 2005

McCain-Feingold’S Revenge
Enter the anti-Bush ads

March 15, 2005

Secession is Hollywood fantasy

By Patrick Basham and Niels Veldhuis
November 29, 2004

Remember May 15!
San Antonio takes a stand on term limits.

May 28, 2004

Treat The Disease
Campaign spending will keep increasing as long as government doest>

May 25, 2004

Moveon
Transitions are lame

October 20, 2003

New campaign financing regulations may already be a failure - National Affairs

By Patrick Basham - March, 2003

Election 2002 and the Problems of American Democracy

by John Samples and Patrick Basham

September 5, 2002

Self-Limiters Practice What They Preach

August 7, 2002

Destroying Political Competition

June 15, 2002

This Is Reform? Understanding the New Campaign Reality

March 22, 2002

California Dreamin'?
The Campaign to End Term Limits

March 5, 2002

Defining Democracy Down

February 9, 2002

Assessing the Term Limits Experiment
California and Beyond

August 31, 2001

Term limits prove their value

August 30 ,2001

Have Term Limits Reached Their Limit?

July 1, 2001

Director

Patrick Basham

Advisory Council

Nigel Ashford
Institute for Humane Studies

Jason Clemens
Fraser Institute

Veronique de Rugy
American Enterprise Institute

Jamie Dettmer
Cato Institute

Chris Edwards
Cato Institute

Ivan Eland
Independent Institute

Jeremy Lott
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Michael Mosbacher
Social Affairs Unit

Charles Pena
George Washington University

Christopher Preble
Cato Institute

Marian Tupy
Cato Institute

Martin Zelder
University of Chicago & Northwestern University