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There 2014 Princeton study that showed only the top 10% of income earners political opinions are reflected in the political leanings of the elected representati

There 2014 Princeton study that showed only the top 10% of income earners political opinions are reflected in the political leanings of the elected representatives in the US. I did a short video on this: https://youtu.be/sD8KtaNzI8o https://youtu.be/sD8KtaNzI8o

zdragnar 8y ago
I saw somewhere that the turnout for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's election was somewhere around 4%. The voter turnout for most American elections is really quite low, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were distinct differences in turnout between income percentiles. Perhaps that might go some way towards explaining it. Edit: I did a bit of research below, and 4% definitely does not seem accurate. I have no idea where the source for that 4% was :/
- dontbenebby 8y ago
  >I saw somewhere that the turnout for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's election was somewhere around 4% That's extremely common for local elections. For all the talk of money in politics, neither party could afford to fund opponents in every district.
- skh 8y ago
  Provided she's not lying it's hard to imagine that 4% number being believable. I don't think a House election ever had this low of a turnout. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkuxZsylioX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BkuxZsylioX/
- metildaa 8y ago
  This seems suspiciously low, do you have a citation for that?
  - zdragnar 8y ago
    I found a reference that the primary turnout was around 11%: http://www.gothamgazette.com/state/7774-a-closer-look-at-voter-turnout-in-2018-new-york-congressional-primaries http://www.gothamgazette.com/state/7774-a-closer-look-at-vot... > With 98 percent of precincts reporting as of Wednesday, the State Board of Elections shows 27,826 registered Democrats cast votes in Tuesday’s primary in New York’s 14th District. With 235,745 registered Democrats as of April, according to the BOE, this comes out to a turnout of around 11.8 percent. NYT shows roughly 150,000 votes in the 14th precinct for the actual election: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-district-14 https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-dis... The population of the district is around 712,000 https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_District https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_Dist... So, the actual percentage is indeed higher than 4%. Even still, it's quite low.
- chrisoverzero 8y ago
  The population of New York's 14th Congressional District was (as of 2016) 691,715: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_14th_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_14th_congressiona... The number of votes cast in New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2018 was 141,122: https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_District_election,_2018 https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_Dist... That's approximately 20% of the total population. I can find no info on what percentage of that 691,715 is eligible voters, but the 4% claim appears pretty ridiculous.

zdragnar 8y ago

I saw somewhere that the turnout for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's election was somewhere around 4%. The voter turnout for most American elections is really quite low, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were distinct differences in turnout between income percentiles. Perhaps that might go some way towards explaining it. Edit: I did a bit of research below, and 4% definitely does not seem accurate. I have no idea where the source for that 4% was :/

dontbenebby 8y ago
>I saw somewhere that the turnout for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's election was somewhere around 4% That's extremely common for local elections. For all the talk of money in politics, neither party could afford to fund opponents in every district.
skh 8y ago
Provided she's not lying it's hard to imagine that 4% number being believable. I don't think a House election ever had this low of a turnout. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkuxZsylioX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BkuxZsylioX/
metildaa 8y ago
This seems suspiciously low, do you have a citation for that?
- zdragnar 8y ago
  I found a reference that the primary turnout was around 11%: http://www.gothamgazette.com/state/7774-a-closer-look-at-voter-turnout-in-2018-new-york-congressional-primaries http://www.gothamgazette.com/state/7774-a-closer-look-at-vot... > With 98 percent of precincts reporting as of Wednesday, the State Board of Elections shows 27,826 registered Democrats cast votes in Tuesday’s primary in New York’s 14th District. With 235,745 registered Democrats as of April, according to the BOE, this comes out to a turnout of around 11.8 percent. NYT shows roughly 150,000 votes in the 14th precinct for the actual election: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-district-14 https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-dis... The population of the district is around 712,000 https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_District https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_Dist... So, the actual percentage is indeed higher than 4%. Even still, it's quite low.
chrisoverzero 8y ago
The population of New York's 14th Congressional District was (as of 2016) 691,715: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_14th_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_14th_congressiona... The number of votes cast in New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2018 was 141,122: https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_District_election,_2018 https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_Dist... That's approximately 20% of the total population. I can find no info on what percentage of that 691,715 is eligible voters, but the 4% claim appears pretty ridiculous.