The shale gas revolution explains the shift to Republican candidates in coal areas that used to vote Democratic. Cheap gas displaced coal-fired power generation, causing job losses in the coal industry. These job losses were in turn blamed on Democrats' environmental regulations.
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The Journal of Politics
Sources of Partisan Change: Evidence from the Shale Gas Shock in American Coal Country | The Journal of Politics: Vol 87, No 2
What explains the shift to Republicans in places that historically voted for Democrats? This article tests a new explanation for part of this reversal. The shale gas revolution displaced coal, which intensified the salience of national environmental regulations…
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