Reposted by Megan Mattes
Soon we're going to enter a period when people will be looking for ways to fortify and improve democracy. One thing that needs to be on the agenda is this:
***Electoral democracy has built-in biases that prevent working-class people from holding office.***
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
bloomberg.com
Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot
Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trades or service industries.