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Next steps in the democracy argument

Any engagement approach not focused on getting the widest possible range of voices, and creating multiple environments in which they feel comfortable will be no improvement on the current system.

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Nigel Farage, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, speaks as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens, at Trump's campaign rally, August, 2016. Gerald Herbert/Press Association. All rights reserved.In the time of Trump, Brexit, and growing populism around Europe, it is difficult to be a democratic reformer.

We campaign for participation, evidence-based decision-making, and calm deliberation, at a time when those things seem farther from our political discourse than they have ever been.