How to Crowd Source a President
It’s not hard to find Americans fed up with the two-party system—just witness the skyrocketing number of voters registered as independents.
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It’s not hard to find Americans fed up with the two-party system—just witness the skyrocketing number of voters registered as independents. But it’s still very hard to find a way around that system. The latest attempt is Americans Elect, a new project that tries to harness social media to voter dissatisfaction, which Andrew Romano explores in this week’s edition of NEWSWEEK. How does Americans Elect work? Here’s the step-by-step timeline.
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