Multiple studies have shown that the well-being of children in a nation (or in a state within our nation) is negatively associated with the degree of income inequality in that nation (or state), even controlling for absolute income. Progressives are more interested in lowering our national income inequality. If we’re interested in the well-being of our nation’s children, we’d be well advised to elect a more progressive government.
(Sources: Child wellbeing and income inequality in rich societies: ecological cross sectional study, British Medical Journal November 16 2007; Social Science and Medicine April 2006; The problems of relative deprivation: Why some societies do better than others, Social Science and Medicine November 2007; Inequality in income and mortality in the United States: analysis of mortality and potential pathways, British Medical Journal April 2006; Adolescent Birth Rates, Total Homicides, and Income Inequality In Rich Countries, American Journal of Public Health July 2005)
