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Class, Policy Attitudes, and U.S. Presidential Voting in the Post-Industrial Era: The Importance of Issue Salience
In the Post-industrial Era, there has been an apparent weakening of the relationship between class and voting in the U.S., with lower …
William W. Franko, Christopher Witko
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Unions, Class Identification, and Policy Attitudes
Compared to other Western democracies, in the United States fewer people subjectively identify as working class historically and many …
William W. Franko, Christopher Witko
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Economic Segregation and Public Support for Redistribution
This study assesses whether local economic segregation, or the degree to which people live among others of similar economic status, …
William W. Franko, Avery C. Livingston
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How State Responses to Economic Crisis Shape Income Inequality and Financial Well-Being
This study examines how state government responses to economic crisis, in the form of unexpected changes in state fiscal policy, …
William W. Franko
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Economic Segregation and Unequal Policy Responsiveness
As levels of residential economic segregation increase in the United States, politicians may have greater incentives to focus their …
Patrick Flavin, William W. Franko
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The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office—and What We Can Do about It by Nicholas Carnes. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2018. 344 Pp. $29.95.
William W. Franko
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Class Attitudes in America: Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment of the Rich, and Political Implications. By Spencer Piston. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 248p. $99.99 Cloth, $29.99 Paper.
William W. Franko
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Government's Unequal Attentiveness to Citizens' Political Priorities
An accumulation of evidence suggests citizens with low incomes have relatively little influence over the policy decisions made by …
Patrick Flavin, William W. Franko
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Understanding Public Perceptions of Growing Economic Inequality
While most Americans appear to acknowledge the large gap between the rich and the poor in the United States, it is not clear whether …
William W. Franko
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Class Bias in Voter Turnout, Representation, and Income Inequality
The mass franchise led to more responsive government and a more equitable distribution of resources in the United States and other …
William W. Franko, Nathan J. Kelly, Christopher Witko
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