Monday, April 21, 2014

Eric W. Dolan — ‘Oligarchic tendencies’: Study finds only the wealthy get represented in the Senate (via Raw Story )

‘Oligarchic tendencies’: Study finds only the wealthy get represented in the Senate (via Raw Story )
Members of the U.S. Senate do not respond equally to the views of all their constituents, according to research to be published in Political Research Quarterly next month. Senators overall represent their wealthiest constituents, while those on bottom…


3 comments:

Tom Hickey said...

h/t to Dan Lynch for reminding me of this study that was came out in 2013.

Clonal said...

Move along Now! Nothing to see here!

Ryan Harris said...

It makes perfect intuitive sense, with longer terms and more concentrated power that the Senate would be less responsive to the electorate.

I'd expect the House does the people's business more inclusively. The Representatives take extreme positions and vote on measures that would never pass the Senate simply to placate supporters. Maybe they will do another analysis of Representatives voting records.