Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 3
Background ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Methods .................................................................................................................................................. 6
Constructing a measure of “elitism” .................................................................................................. 6
Constructing measures of political agency ......................................................................................... 7
Hypotheses .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Results ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
The “Rural” factor ........................................................................................................................... 13
Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 14
References ............................................................................................................................................. 15
Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Questions used in Construction of the Elite Index ............................................................................ 16
Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Questions used to construct indices of political participation ........................................................... 16
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