Question

Why are the states sometimes called the "laboratories of democracy"?

Group of answer choices

Most policy experiments take place on the state level first.

States are not bound by constitutions to a particular way of doing things, so they experiment.

The federal government experiments with policies by making individual states try things out.

The term comes from the nineteenth century, when state politics were more scientific than the machine politics of cities.

Answer 1

Most policy experiments take place on the state level first.

Explanation: States can try different policies on a smaller scale; successful ones are often copied by other states or the federal government (e.g., health care reforms, environmental or drug policy).