#FixUS seeks to better understand our growing divisions and deteriorating political system and find solutions. Join at https://xitter.cf/t.co/OWR3iggXr2. A project of https://xitter.cf/t.co/G0qkGKUzrl.

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๐Ÿ“ฐ Over the past several months, we have gathered input from some of our academic + organizational partners to produce a resource tracking reforms to our nation's hyperpartisanship and institutional distrust. Learn more in our latest FixUS paper: fixusnow.org/fixus-solutionsโ€ฆ โคต๏ธ
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Today, @FixUSorg is proud to present our latest research project: SOLUTIONS LANDSCAPE. Following a months-long effort to gather input, this is an objective resource on some of the oft-proposed ideas for reforming our democracy. Read it here: fixusnow.org/fixus-solutionsโ€ฆ.
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๐Ÿ“ฐ Writing in @fulcrum_us, Michael Murphy and Benjamin Tomchik penned a letter to incoming Members of Congress, telling them that with America at a crossroads, they should work toward showing good governing can be good politics once again. Read it here: thefulcrum.us/Government/Conโ€ฆ.
๐Ÿ“ฐWriting in @fulcrum_us, FixUS's Michael Murphy and Andrew Henry discussed the key findings revealed in the FixUS-YouGov poll on patriotic beliefs, exploring "three simple yet fundamental points" on broadly-shared American ideals. Read the full op-ed at thefulcrum.us/patriotism-oveโ€ฆ.
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTOMORROW: Join us 7/14 at 12pm for a briefing on the results and initial findings of our recent poll on patriotic values, ideals, and history we conducted with @YouGov. โžก๏ธRegister for the webinar here: events.r20.constantcontact.cโ€ฆ.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธHappy Independence Day!๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ In our recent poll, FixUS asked Americans which actions they consider to be most patriotic. Topping that list: voting in elections, serving in the military, standing for the anthem, and raising the American flag. Learn more: fixusnow.org/fixus-patriotisโ€ฆ.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธResults from our new nationwide survey of American national pride and ideals show that majorities across parties agree it is patriotic to criticize and work to improve America โ€“ and that doing so demonstrates love for one's country. View more findings โžก๏ธfixusnow.org/fixus-patriotisโ€ฆ
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โžก๏ธ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ believe ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ the country is ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ. 85% agree that โ€œif you love America, you should notice its problems and work to correct them" โ€“ 88% of Democrats, 85% of Republicans, & 86% of Independents.
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โžก๏ธ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ believe ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ the country is ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ. 85% agree that โ€œif you love America, you should notice its problems and work to correct them" โ€“ 88% of Democrats, 85% of Republicans, & 86% of Independents.
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โžก๏ธ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ we have ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, but ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ. Only 17% believe we have achieved the ideal of America as โ€œa land of opportunity," yet 61% believe we are more than halfway to achieving it.
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โžก๏ธ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ on the importance of ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€. Ideals such as America as a land of opportunity, a melting pot, and a country of equality and justice for all were all highly rated on a scale from 1-10.
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