Brewer speaks to NPR about incoming Maine legislature
National Public Radio interviewed Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, about Maine’s more diverse income state legislature. Brewer told NPR that increased diversity in an elected body can have a measurable impact on policy. Brewer also noted the fact that all five of the new Black lawmakers in the Maine legislature are Democrats, tracks with two national trends: the Democratic Party generally nominating more diverse slates of candidates, and the party finding greater electoral success in more diverse urban places. WUSF Public Media (Tampa, Florida) shared the NPR report.