The Past and Future of Using Referendums as Corrective Measures

Joshua Zeitz, Politico Magazine contributing writer and the author of Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation (Viking, 2023), talks about the Progressive-era roots of Ohio's use of referendums, including why they are an important corrective measure for legislatures that do not represent the will of the people, and what the results of the current vote reveal about their future.