# Is American Democracy Broken? Midterm Warnings and Fixes

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Podcast: [The Middle Ground Mic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421)
Published: 2026-02-18T23:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Why does democracy feel rigged — even before you vote? Joe sits down with Travis Misurell, founder of Think Futures Now (https://futureis.org/), to explain why voters feel locked out of the political process and how leaders are really chosen behind the scenes. This isn’t left vs right. It’s a systems-level conversation about money, candidate selection, fear-based voting, and whether fixing how leaders are chosen matters more than who wins the next election. If you’ve ever ...

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