Measuring political influence is a hard problem. And depending on how you set about measuring it, you can come to very different conclusions.
Continue readingCongress has very few working class members. Here’s why that matters
I spend lots of time thinking about pressures that lawmakers face in office, and the donors who fund them. After reading Nicholas Carnes’ book, White-Collar Government, maybe I should think more about who runs for office in the first place.
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