by Sierra Udland

One of the key features of the legislature “[is] its multiplicity of membership—its plurality of voices.”¹ As Rosenthal writes throughout the chapter on the Lives of Legislators in Engines of Democracy: Politics and Policymaking in State Legislatures, legislators are a diverse group.² Even if they share certain characteristics, each person has lived a different life with different experiences; that is their voice, their contribution.Read More »