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Heather Yates, Acting Director, Nativism, Nationalism, and Populism 2/21/22 Heather Yates, Acting Director, Nativism, Nationalism, and Populism 2/21/22

Want to Understand National Politics? Look to the States: Subnational Influence on Democratic Backsliding

So, what if the states experiment with anti-democratic principles? Will the central government assert its authority to counteract them? Will it have the will to do so, will it have the ability to?