Federal spending on climate change before 2024 election boosted incumbents of both parties
Federal clean-energy spending helped incumbents in both parties gain vote share as districts that received more investment saw bigger electoral gains, researchers found.
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Federal spending on climate change before 2024 election boosted incumbents of both parties
A massive federal spending effort to combat climate change passed in 2022 without a single Republican vote in the U.S. House or the Senate. But the billions of dollars it authorized benefited Republican and Democratic politicians alike – so long as they were already in the House of Representatives – according to an analysis I conducted with several fellow researchers. The results suggest that incumbents can still reap electoral rewards when fede…
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Federal spending on climate change before 2024 election boosted incumbents of both parties
The U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyA massive federal spending effort to combat climate change passed in 2022 without a single Republican vote in the U.S. House or the Senate. But the billions of dollars it authorized benefited Republican and Democratic politicians alike – so long as they were already in the House of Representatives – according to an analysis I conducted…
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