主要代表经济精英利益的政客需要找到其他途径吸引大众。这条途径可以通过民族主义、宗派主义和身份政治找到,于是,赢得选举的将是最能“激发”我们潜在文化和心理标签的政客,而不是最能代表我们利益的政客。富人比穷人拥有更大的政治权力,这不是新闻,即使在一人一票选举的民主国家也是如此。但两位政治学家——普林斯顿大学的马丁·吉伦斯(Martin Politicians, who mainly represent the interests of the economic elite, need to find other ways to attract the public. This path can be found through nationalism, sectarianism and identity politics, and the winner of the vote will be the politician who “best” inspires our underlying cultural and psychological labels rather than the politician who best represents our interests. It is not news that the rich have greater political power than the poor, even in democracies that elect one person, one vote. But two political scientists, Princeton University ’s Martin Gilrence (Martin