Do political outcomes respond more strongly to the preferences of the rich? In an age of
rising inequality, this question has become increasingly salient. Yet, although an influential …

This article reviews recent research on how mass opinion affects policy making in the
context of US national institutions. Three themes materialize. First, research provides …

The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of
American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions …

During the past two generations, democratic forms have coexisted with massive increases in
economic inequality in the United States and many other advanced democracies. Moreover …

Some studies of policy representation test hypotheses about the relationship between
citizens' views and elites' positions on multiple issues by proceeding one issue at a time …

Recent work on US policymaking argues that responsiveness to public opinion is distorted
by money, in that the preferences of the rich matter much more than those of lower-income …

Emerging research has begun investigating the neural underpinnings of the biological and
psychological differences that drive political ideology, attitudes, and actions. Here, we …

Scholars have identified partisan differences in policy representation—with Republicans
more often found to represent the rich, while Democrats align with the preferences of less …

Groups with financial resources dominate the pool of lobbyists and political donors. Scholars
and reformers often point to the outsized influence of moneyed elites when they consider …

The massive growth in computing since the 1980s and 1990s has revolutionized data
gathering and how people transact with one another. The result is that practically every …