We have to protect the sanctity of our institutions
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Do you ever get the feeling that you’re on a merry-go-round that you can’t get
off? 


The ride keeps spinning faster and faster, you’re getting increasingly motion
sick, as the unnerving organ music plays louder and louder. You know the
feeling? 


I felt it Monday night watching the debates. There was no escape, no stopping
the ongoing car crash in front of my eyes. In a debate to determine the next
president of the United States of America, there was little substance, and a
lot of mistruths. 


How do we stop the carousel? Check out three things:

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There’s actually a term to describe the metaphorical carousel that America
seems to be stuck on: the doom loop. Coined by scholar Lee Drutman,the
two-party doom loop describes the vicious cycle by which the two parties
escalate the ongoing tit-for-tat for control of our government and in the
process erode the institutions and hallmarks of our government. 


But rather than have me explain the doom loop, check out the video
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The incentives of our current system drive the environment in which the only
thing that matters to the two parties is winning. Our current election systems
egg on the carousel, pushing it to spin faster and more out of control. We can
fix it, but we have to start now.



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Now we have to discuss the debate.
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We’re a nonpartisan organization here at Unite America, with a staff made up
of diverse political backgrounds and beliefs. We’re united by our simple belief
that voters should come first, and that voters matter. So let’s talk about the
debate, but let’s specifically talk about the part that was about our elections
and election security. 


The President said an awful lot of mistruths, misinformation, and lies about
our elections in the debate.For Business Insider, Grace Panetta breaks down
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some of Trump’s biggest election-related blunders, and corrects the record. 


Here’s why you should read it, even if you support the president: the sanctity
of our institutions is critical to the survival of our republic. If we as
Americans don’t trust the validity of the results of our elections, we’ve lost
the soul of our country. Driving this sort of mistrust and doubt about our
elections is precisely what Drutman is talking about with the doom loop. The
president is wrong, plain and simple.



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Fill out the census
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Finally, a civic reminder for you: if you haven’t filled out the census yet,
DO IT NOW.The census — the constitutionally-mandated count of Americans that
happens every 10 years — is the data that determines everything from federal
funding levels to the number of representatives your state has in Congress. 


The census matters, and you matter. The final date for the census is currently
being debated in the courts, so there isn’t time to lose. When you fill out the
census you’re making sure not only that you're being counted, but on the whole,
that you community is being counted as well. 


Stand up, be counted, and fill out the census. Please.
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Brett Maney
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Unite America
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