The growing concern about economic inequality leads to a similar concern about political
inequality. This article explores the seeming contradiction between the literature pointing to …

The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the
last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the most compelling explanation of this outcome …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

This article assesses the influence of income inequality on the public's policy mood. Recent
work has produced divergent perspectives on the relationship between inequality, public …

The finding that the preferences of middle-income Americans are ignored when they diverge
from the preferences of the rich is one of the most widely accepted and influential …

In this article, we create, validate, and analyze new dynamic measures of state partisanship,
state policy mood, and state political ideology. The measures of partisanship and policy …

Why are the economic interests and priorities of lower-and middle-class Americans so often
ignored by the US Congress, while the economic interests of the wealthiest are prioritized …

Research on democratic representation and public opinion formation has largely ignored
one another. Once one considers the reality of the political communication environment, a …

We investigate the role of economic perceptions in macropolitical analyses, with a particular
focus on the role that partisanship might play in sha** consumer sentiment. Instead of …

A growing body of research examines the political sources of economic inequality in the
United States. A second literature examines the political consequences of who votes. The …