The Capitols Capitalize: The Federal’s Loss is the States’ Gain
Lecture by Larry Sabato
21 min
Summary:
Beginning in the 1960s, the balance of power between the states and the federal government started to shift toward the states. This reversal is due, in part, to the states’ abilities to capitalize on a number of mistakes the federal government made that caused people to lose faith in its ability to understand and act upon domestic concerns.
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Larry Sabato is the founder and direction of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, a professor of politics, and a nationally renowned elections scholar.
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