Income & Elections

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Catherine Rampell of the NY Times on a piece that she recently posted here.  We looked at recently released Census data on median income and examined whether — or to what extent — it played a factor in the 2008 presidential election.  The answer — apparently not much — surprised us both.  I intend to have a closer look at the data, perhaps break it down by decile, and see if it looks any different under the magnifying glass than it does to the naked eye.  I will confess I’d fully expected a different outcome on the macro level.