Selected article for: "distancing policy and social distancing policy"

Author: Christopher Adolph; Kenya Amano; Bree Bang-Jensen; Nancy Fullman; John Wilkerson
Title: Pandemic Politics: Timing State-Level Social Distancing Responses to COVID-19
  • Document date: 2020_3_31
  • ID: g8lsrojl_48
    Snippet: Why do Republican governors and states with Republican voters seem to resist social distancing policy, even controlling for many potential confounders? We strongly believe that realistic assessments of decision-making by elected officials must take electoral motivations and career ambitions seriously -as impolitic as that may be. Elected officials, regardless of party, must be responsive to the concerns of their voters and party leaders. However .....
    Document: Why do Republican governors and states with Republican voters seem to resist social distancing policy, even controlling for many potential confounders? We strongly believe that realistic assessments of decision-making by elected officials must take electoral motivations and career ambitions seriously -as impolitic as that may be. Elected officials, regardless of party, must be responsive to the concerns of their voters and party leaders. However this essential feature of democratic representation does not inevitably produce the best policy outcome. Where the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic were concerned, Republicans had fewer incentives to act quickly than Democrats. First,

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