Dividing along ideological lines, California, Florida, New York and Texas offer opposing visions for the country’s direction WorldAhead
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskIt is not just their size that makes them consequential. The mega-states are pioneering trend-setting policies, which can spread to other states and to Washington,. Dividing along ideological lines, the mega-states offer opposing visions for the country’s direction and therefore embody the idea that America is becoming increasingly split.
California and New York are run by Democrats, Florida and Texas by Republicans. All four are “trifecta” states, meaning that a single political party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor’s office. This trend of one-party control has become widespread. Today there are 37 “trifecta” states, about double the number in 1992. This helps explain why the states create partisan policy experiments that do not reflect voters’ will.
Second, pay attention to the policy issues the states take up, which often foreshadow national debates. California and, to a lesser extent, New York see themselves as blue beacons of the Democratic agenda. Having already pioneered policies on access to abortion, climate change and benefits for undocumented immigrants, in 2023 they are likely to push to new extremes on the environment, social welfare and labour law.
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