Voters’ ignorance means that many corrupt politicians get to stay in office

In the US Congress, involvement in a corruption scandal is by no means the end to a legislator’s political career, with 60 percent of those implicated in such scandals going on to win reelection. So why do politicians get away with corruption? In new research which examines more than 130 Congressional corruption cases over 35 years, Marko Klasnja finds that part of the answer is voters’ lack of attention. Whereas voters with high levels of political awareness penalize corrupt politicians compared to clean ones, voters with lower levels of political awareness do not

Replication Data for: Ideology of Affluence: Rich Americans' Explanations for Inequality and Redistributive Attitudes

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Replication Data for "Corruption and the Incumbency Disadvantage: Theory and Evidence"

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Replication Data for: "Getting Rich Too Fast? Voters' Reactions to Politicians' Wealth Accumulation"

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Wealthy Americans and redistribution: The role of fairness preferences

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