Description: When one political party holds a disproportionate amount of power, it is often called a “supermajority.” Tennessee is one of nineteen Republican
The Problem We have a dysfunctional government where the majority’s priorities are drowned out by the demands of a small minority. This causes chaos and gives voice to the fringes while ignoring the rest of us. TENNESSEANS ARE FRUSTRATED. The Cause We believe the dysfunction we’re seeing exists in large part because a majority of Tennessee’s government is elected by a super-minority of the state’s population. Let us explain. When one political party holds a disproportionate amount of power, it is often call
Regardless of the ideology of the party in control, the effect of a supermajority is to sideline those in the minority. In Tennessee. the opposite is happening. Here, the majority of citizens, not the minority, are feeling ignored.
This disconnect occurs because of the natural incentives that motivate most elected officials.