The latest episode of the podcast Ways & Means explores one of the most vexing issues in politics -- how to get more ordinary people to run for office. “It really matters that almost none of our politicians come from the working class jobs that most Americans do every single day,” says Sanford assistant professor Nick Carnes, who has written a book on the subject. “That made me want to understand what exactly is keeping ordinary Americans from getting into politics.”
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The extraordinary search for ordinary politicians
The latest episode of the podcast Ways & Means explores one of the most vexing issues in politics -- how to get more ordinary people to run for office. “It really matters that almost none of our politicians come from the working class jobs that most Americans do every single day,” says Sanford assistant professor Nick Carnes, who has written a book on the subject. “That made me want to understand what exactly is keeping ordinary Americans from getting into politics.”
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