Common wisdom dictates that it is easier for governments to provide new social programs than to pare back existing ones. This wisdom rests on decades of research showing that policies can create engaged voter-citizens from among their recipients, who will mobilize to protect new programs (Campbell 2003). There are two mechanisms by which social policies … Continue reading The Electoral Effects of Old-Age Assistance and the Social Security Act of 1935
The Electoral Effects of Old-Age Assistance and the Social Security Act of 1935
