The evidence on this point is not as definitive as one might like, but what we have – for example, from the work of Princeton University’s Larry Bartels – suggests that over the past 50 years, virtually the entire US political elite has stopped sharing the preferences of low- or middle-income voters.
Die Ansichten der Mandatsträger haben sich immer stärker jenen Meinungen angenähert, die man normalerweise an der Spitze der Einkommensverteilung findet.