The Effects of State Party Control on Environmental Policy

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2020-05

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The Ohio State University

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The data suggest party control in environmental policy does matter and there has been a significant change in how environmental policy has been viewed and legislated since before 2000 to beyond 2000. Since 2000, in the state legislature across all chambers there is some evidence that Republicans create more pro-environmental energy policy, but these findings were not significant. On the other hand, Democrats create significantly more pro-environmental air quality policy. At the gubernatorial level, Democratic governors pass more pro-environmental energy and air quality policies, but especially air quality policies which were found to be significant. Pro-environmental energy and air policies are difficult to pass during divided government, but under unified government Democrats pass significantly more pro-environmental air policies and energy policies. Finally, both Republican and Democratic governors alike struggle to pass pro-environmental policy the longer they are in office which is consistent with findings from Kousser and Phillips.

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Politics, State Politics, Environmental, Environmental Policy, Party Control, Effects

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