The divided states of America: Florida, California, and the future of political polarization Come January, more than 80% of Americans will live in states with governments entirely controlled by one of the two major parties.
Florida is a “refuge of sanity” and a place where “woke goes to die,” Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said after winning reelection last week. California is a “true freedom state” that rejects “demonization coming from the other side,” Democratic Gov. Gavin NewsomThe two governors’ declarations of independence are only the latest signs that the next two years’ fiercest political battles will be fought not in Washington, but between clashing states.
“We’ve got Texas going ‘We’re going to do our own thing,’ run by a conservative governor, and you’ve got in California, a liberal governor wanting to do their own thing,” Pat McCrory, a former Republican governor of North Carolina, said in an interview.Citizens’ right to carry a gun, get an abortion, join a union and their rate for a minimum wage job now depend almost entirely on whether their state is blue or red.
Since Biden took office in January 2021, Republican attorneys general have filed 50 lawsuits against his administration over a host of issues including California’s fuel standards, financial industry regulations and protections for LGBTQ students.
Since the civil rights era, all states have moved to the left, with some exceptions including gun and abortion rights. But in the past, you might have a handful of more liberal policies in a conservative state like Idaho and a few conservative policies in a liberal state like Maryland, Warshaw said.
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