This paper contributes to the literature on divided government and legislative productivity. We begin by reexamining Mayhew's data on landmark enactments. We show that Mayhew's claim that divided government does not affect legislative productivity is a consequence of aggregating time series that exhibit different behavior. We then extend Mayhew's analysis by broadening the concept of significan...

We analyze the effects of redistricting on the electoral fortunes of incumbent legislators, using voting data on U.S. congressional districts, state legislative districts, and statewide races. We find little evidence that redistricting helps incumbents in U.S. legislative elections. If anything, redrawing district lines reduces the average vote margin of those in districted offices compared wit...

On 30 June 2021, Ohio state Governor, Mike DeWine, signed a Bill which would enact the state's budget for next two years. In addition to its core funding imperatives, also contained an amendment significantly expanding entitlements of health care providers conscientiously object professional duties provide controversial services. This has been heavily criticised as providing means allow discrim...