- Whether a state government is run by Democrats or Republicans didn't use to matter much in terms of policy-making, but there has been a massive divergence going on since the 1970s with a dramatic increase in divergence since 2000. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/from-backwaters-to-major-policymakers-policy-polarization-in-the-states-19702014/51dd7b022e358a99333447a6e2ba7b63 10 comments science
Linking pages
- People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-in-republican-counties-have-higher-death-rates-than-those-in-democratic-counties/ 444 comments
- Republicans Are Systematically Blocking Cities’ Ability to Protect Abortion | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/173776/republicans-blocking-cities-ability-protect-abortion-preemption 37 comments
- The Life-and-Death Cost of Conservative Power - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/health/2023-12-08-life-death-cost-conservative-power/ 37 comments
- America has local political institutions but nationalized politics. This is a problem. - Vox https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/5/31/17406590/local-national-political-institutions-polarization-federalism 4 comments