Laboratories of democracy is another name for the states. what is the rationale behind that nickname

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Laboratories of democracy is another name for the states. what is the rationale behind that nickname

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Cullen Erickson · Answer 1

Laboratories of democracy is a metaphor for how governance is acted on a state level. Just as a scientist would experiment in a lab and deny, alter or add to his conclusions, the laws of a land are often altered after they are played out on a state by state basis ad proven to work or not work.