We all know our political system is broken.
We have a plan to fix it.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to mobilize veterans and supporters to advocate for election innovations to make our political system less toxic and more competitive.
— Our Initiatives
We are focused on implementing specific election innovations across the country.
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Open Primaries
All candidates run on one combined ballot, regardless of party affiliation
Voting Innovations
Ranked-Choice Voting or Approval Voting
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Top Four or Final Five Voting
The Idea
Inspiring and educating one of America’s most-trusted institutions, veterans, to mobilize and advocate for election innovations that will help repair some of America’s least-trusted institutions (the political system and Congress).
The military veteran population is a cross-section of American society, and military veterans and supporters know how to leverage individual differences to accomplish a mission.
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49%
of Veterans self identify as independent or unaffiliated voters.
of Veterans work in public service or with charitable organizations compared to 22% of non-veterans.
32%
69%
Veterans are still trusted in our communities.
— Why Veterans?
Here are a few reasons why Veterans lead
— Statistics
America is Failing
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Partisan polarization in Congress is at its highest levels in more than 100 years. *
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The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index ranked the United States’ democracy 25th in the world, labeling our Nation a flawed democracy. *
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The 116th Congress had a near record-low 15% approval rating, yet 95% of its members were re-elected in the last election. *
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Public trust reached a three-decade high shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but declined quickly thereafter. Since 2007, the share saying they can trust the government always or most of the time has not surpassed 30%. *
— Let's take action
How we win
Focused electoral innovations led by state-based coalitions can restore the health of our democracy. Military veterans and their supporters can play a unique and strategic role in realizing these innovations and have a desire to serve and lead their country
— Join us
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Mon, Jul 04VPI Rally PointJoin Veterans for Political Innovation Founder, Eric Bronner, and friends for camaraderie and celebration of the Fourth of July! Together, we can make politics in Missouri less toxic through healthy competition in all of our elections!