PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: … “Big cities lose so often because size leads to damaging divisions,” said the study by Gerald Gamm, an associate professor of political science and history at the University of Rochester, and Thad Kousser, associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego…
The researchers also examined a number of other theories to explain why big city bills might fail: urban-rural hostilities, partisan division, racial or ethnic differences or the higher number of bills that would come from having more representatives. It didn’t draw any major conclusions, though.
“Although animus against immigrants seems to explain some of the challenges faced by big city bills, [no] factor proves more important that the large size of urban delegations,” researchers wrote… (more)
