It's Not the System, It's the Voters

Barney Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.53558/ZGIL5416

It's Not the System, It's the Voters

Authors

Barney Frank Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.53558/ZGIL5416

Keywords:

politics, U.S. Congress, political polarization, American political parties

Abstract

This article is an excerpt of a lecture given in a lecture series, “Politics Then and Now, in Maine and the Nation,” presented by the Muskie School and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine in the fall of 2013. Speakers were asked to address the issue of political polarization and dysfunction, comparing how politics was played in the past with the current situation, and discussing what Maine can offer based on experiences here.