The Search for Counter-Partisan Behavior: Exploring the Impact of Polarization in State ACA Medicaid Expansion

• In Event: Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy

Brief Overview

Utilizing Shor and McCarty’s dataset, which measures polarization across state legislatures (1993-2016), this paper combines case study and statistical analysis to explore the role polarization plays in ACA expansion choices.

Author

• Joseph Peter Bolton, Washington State University