A lack of political representation has negative, immediate, and long-lasting mental health impact 🏛️🧠💔
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The health costs of losing political representation: Evidence from U.S. Presidential Elections
We investigate whether a change in political leadership affects health outcomes. To do so, we exploit turnover elections that move partisan individuals into and out of alignment with the party of the President. We document that the lack of political alignment…
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Gerrymandering weakens local political representation and may lead to reduced access to vital health care services in the US. 🗳️🏥📉
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American Journal of Public Health
Political Boundaries, Health Care Gaps: The Link Between Gerrymandering and Federally Qualified Health Center Availability | AJPH…
Objectives. To examine how gerrymandering affects federally qualified health center (FQHC) availability in North Carolina. Methods. We used data from 2004 to 2022 and spatial regression models to correlate gerrymandering metrics with FQHC availability and…
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