Carnes, Nicholas and Lupu, Noam (2017) The rich get elected – but it’s not because voters necessarily prefer them. Democratic Audit UK (22 Feb 2017). Website.
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Abstract
We elect politicians who are far better-off than ourselves – in Europe, those who come from blue-collar backgrounds make up only a tenth of national parliaments. Is this because voters favour the rich? A new study by Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu suggests they are slightly more likely to opt for working-class candidates over business owners. Blue-collar candidates just don’t get onto the ballot paper in the first place.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.democraticaudit.com |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2017 07:59 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 10:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80467 |
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