Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose a direct empirical strategy based on … the median voter's preferred amount of redistribution and the probability to serve the median voter increases with the … redistribution. Political absenteeism of the poor cannot explain such outcomes. Rather, they can be explained by the electoral …

Does redistribution in democracies cater to the will of the majority? We propose a direct empirical strategy based on … the median voter's preferred amount of redistribution and the probability to serve the median voter increases with the … redistribution. Political absenteeism of the poor cannot explain such outcomes. Rather, they can be explained by the electoral …

that there is not much income redistribution in America. Those citizens who work in or donate to campaigns -- whose … not typically favor redistribution. We also show that the parties differ in their internal medians on both dimensions, and … did in an earlier period. This suggests another way that redistribution has been thwarted in America …