Mike talks to Vanderbilt University political scientist Larry Bartels about his book (co-authored with Christopher Achen) Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government.
Topics Mike and Larry discuss include:
identity politics tribalism the ‘folk theory’ of democracy and why it’s wrong inattentive, uninformed, and irrational voters if the problem of ‘bad voters’ has been getting worse recently if polarization is really such a big deal the potential problem of too much democracy what we can do to get more responsive governmentListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support.
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