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Only about 1% of US lawmakers are working class. Here’s what keeps workers out of office

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Only about 1% of US lawmakers are working class. Here’s what keeps workers out of office
Only about 1% of US lawmakers are working class. Here’s what keeps workers out of office
The fact that so few former workers hold elected office means that working-class interests often fall by the wayside in the world’s political institutions
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Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world
Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee in Maine's U.S. Senate race, greets a supporter on July 25, 2026, in Bangor. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty Both major U.S. political parties regularly tout their commitment to working-class Americans and claim to be the party of the working class. However, neither the Democrats nor the
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