This is a really great visual(s) on 6 key issues presented by bloomberg showing how states take on key issues and then the pace of adoption before federal action:
i’m partially posting this because i can’t look at it as thoroughly as i want to right now and i want to look at it in more detail late
I WAS studying for a cert, till you had to go and muck things all up.
One thing I note is the rapid acceptance of change found in the 20’s, early 70’s and again recently. Correlation is not causation, but social change seems to play a role in economic strength.