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Martin Gilens is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author of Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America.
Democracy requires that all citizens—rich and poor alike—have influence over the policies their government adopts.
Democracy requires that all citizens—rich and poor alike—have influence over the policies their government adopts.
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