According to Cornell political scientist, Peter Enns, all 50 states are as conservative as they have been in the past fifty years. Enns teamed up in a study with Julianna Koch, in order to gauge the direction of the country. It was their conclusion, based on their own work and the work of Vanderbilt professor Larry M. Bartels, that all 50 states are becoming more conservative. Bartels examined James Stimson’s Measure of Public Support for various government programs from 1950 to 2012. Enns and Koch studied the same type of infor from the 1950s to 2010. Continue reading…
