POLITICAL LEVERAGE GREATER
FOR TOP 20 PERCENT
“Political leverage is another factor separating
the top 20 percent from the
rest of America. The top quintile is equipped to exercise
much more influence over politics and policy than its share
of the electorate would suggest. Although by definition this group represents 20
percent of all Americans, it represents about 30 percent of the electorate, in part because
of high turnout levels.
"Equally or perhaps more important, the affluent dominate the small percentage of the electorate that makes campaign contributions."
"Equally or perhaps more important, the affluent dominate the small percentage of the electorate that makes campaign contributions."
Thomas B. Edsall, “How the Other Fifth Lives,” New York Times,
April 27, 2016, Op-Ed Page.
