Abstract

ABSTRACT The November 2018 state legislative elections continued the recent trend towards increased (dynamic) nationalization. Control of 87 state legislative chambers and many governor’s offices was determined by elections that took place in a highly nationalized environment in which voter choices were strongly shaped by support for or opposition to the national parties in general and President Donald Trump in particular. Nationalization reached a new peak in its influence on state legislative elections in 2018, while cross-state variation in the extent of nationalization was associated with legislative polarization and the quality of the state-legislative-information environment.

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