Voters want change, not ideology (Jonathan Rauch, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/09/voters-want-change-not-ideology/

Worry about bad marijuana—not Big Marijuana (John Hudak, Jonathan Rauch, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/06/16-big-marijuana-rauch-hudak

Bootleggers, Baptists, bureaucrats, and bongs: How special interests will shape marijuana legalization (Philip A. Wallach, Jonathan Rauch, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/06/16-marijuana-special-interests-rauch-wallach

Want to reduce the influence of super PACs? Strengthen state parties (Raymond J. La Raja, Jonathan Rauch, Brookings)

Super PACs and other lightly regulated political organizations are dumping hundreds of millions of dollars into American elections. What should be done about it? Unlike many candidates for federal or state office, so-called independent expenditure groups face no restrictions on how much individuals and groups can give to them. And thanks to several federal court decisions, including Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, independent groups can spend unlimited amounts to influence elections. The public understandably worries about the political clout of wealthy groups—especially since donors often can hide their identities.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/03/24-state-parties-super-pacs-influence-rauch-la-raja

State parties can reduce polarization and improve the political system (Jonathan Rauch, Brookings)

Amid dizzying chaos in presidential politics (at least on the Republican side) and seemingly intractable dysfunction in Washington, it's tempting to conclude that stabilizing influences are nowhere to be found. But that wouldn't be true. Hidden in plain view, state parties continue to play a critical and distinctive role in politics, and strengthening them is an achievable way to improve the functioning of the political system.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/03/08-state-parties-reduce-polarization-rauch