A man and his daughter walk past a mural in Harvey, Illinois, outside Chicago. It’s no revelation that Americans are living in a time of extreme divisiveness in our national politics. One party controls most of the government, and yet action out of Washington is slow to be seen, much less felt, by the American people. At these times of intense polarization among federal leaders the adage “all politics is local” comes into sharp relief.
While what’s happening in Congress or the White House can feel a million miles away, voters are concerned with what’s going on in their states, […]
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