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Income Inequality and Partisan Voting in the United States

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  • Andrew Gelman
  • Lane Kenworthy
  • Yu‐Sung Su

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Objectives. Income inequality in the United States has risen during the past several decades. Has this produced an increase in partisan voting differences between rich and poor? Methods. We examine trends from the 1940s through the 2000s in the country as a whole and in the states. Results. We find no clear relation between income inequality and class‐based voting. Conclusions. Factors such as religion and education result in a less clear pattern of class‐based voting than we might expect based on income inequality alone.

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  • Andrew Gelman & Lane Kenworthy & Yu‐Sung Su, 2010. "Income Inequality and Partisan Voting in the United States," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 91(5), pages 1203-1219, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:91:y:2010:i:5:p:1203-1219
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00728.x
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    1. John V. Duca & Jason L. Saving, 2016. "Income Inequality and Political Polarization: Time Series Evidence Over Nine Decades," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 62(3), pages 445-466, September.
    2. Miguel Calvin & Pilar Rey del Castillo, 2023. "A Bayesian Networks Approach for Analyzing Voting Behavior," CESifo Working Paper Series 10855, CESifo.
    3. Johnson, Dominic D.P. & Price, Michael E. & Van Vugt, Mark, 2013. "Darwin's invisible hand: Market competition, evolution and the firm," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 90(S), pages 128-140.
    4. John V. Duca & Jason L. Saving, 2012. "Has income inequality or media fragmentation increased political polarization?," Working Papers 1206, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
    5. Mehmet Balcilar & Seyi Saint Akadiri & Rangan Gupta & Stephen M. Miller, 2017. "Partisan Conflict and Income Distribution in the United States: A Nonparametric Causality-in-Quantiles Approach," Working Papers 201741, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
    6. Betul Gokkir & J. Samuel Barkin, 2019. "Are liberal states greener? Political ideology and CO2 emissions in American states, 1980–2012," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 9(4), pages 386-396, December.

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