Bloomberg Features CGD Director Noam Lupu on Working-Class Representation in U.S. Politics

Bloomberg examines why working-class Americans remain dramatically underrepresented among candidates for elected office, featuring insights from CGD Director Noam Lupu. Drawing on research by Lupu and Duke University’s Nicholas Carnes, the article explores the financial and professional barriers that make it difficult for working-class Americans to run for office and what their absence from the candidate pool means for political representation.