Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Stephan: This is an almost inevitable consequence of the growing Great Schism Trend. Elections are an expression of group consciousness, and the citizens of the Red value states and the Blue value states, step-by-step are choosing different paths.
I believe over the next four years we are going to see state level legislation that will accelerate this trend and, before the four years is up, it would not surprise me to begin to see migrations of Blue Value people out of Red Value states. I think migrations the other way are less likely, since the social outcomes in Blue value states will continue to be better than those in the Red value States, and people rarely give up benefits. All of this will just exacerbate the trend.
CHICAGO – Come January, more than two-thirds of the states will be under single-party control, raising the prospect that bold partisan agendas – on both ends of the political spectrum – will flourish over the next couple of years.
Though the Nov. 6 election maintained divided government in Washington, the picture is starkly different in capitals from California to Florida: one party will hold the governor’s office and majorities in both legislative chambers in at least 37 states, the largest number in 60 years and a significant jump from even two years ago.
‘For quite a period of time, people were voting for divided government because they wanted compromise, middle ground,
