# Best & Worst Run States - Dem & Rep?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-run-states-dem-rep/556622>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 9, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-run-states-dem-rep/556622 "2010-10-09T18:22:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-run-states-dem-rep/556622/21 "2010-10-10T15:51:44Z")

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Arizona’s governor is Republican BTW and Crist is Independent.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-run-states-dem-rep/556622/22 "2010-10-10T18:39:28Z")

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> [@athelas](#):
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> It’s notable that a similar trend shows up in “Bestest Country Ever” rankings too. The perennial winners: Hong Kong, Nordic countries, Singapore, and Switzerland. All are smaller than the US, and Switzerland is in addition highly federal; the cantons have all the real power. Among functioning nations, centralized power over large populations appears to robustly predict worse outcomes. Winners are either small or highly federal - either way, “more-local government” dominates.

What about Japan? Unitary system, highly efficient government. And I’ve never seen any credible argument that France (unitary system) is any worse-run than Germany (federal system).

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-run-states-dem-rep/556622/23 "2010-10-10T18:40:35Z")

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> [@Curtis LeMay](#):
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> . . . and Crist is Independent.

Only this year. He was a elected as a Pub.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-run-states-dem-rep/556622/24 "2010-10-10T18:48:45Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I’ve never seen any credible argument that France (unitary system) is any worse-run than Germany (federal system).

Really? I’ve been hearing that a lot lately.

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