Dying unequally: How education-linked mortality shapes the electorate

• In Event: Education, Work, and the Reproduction of Inequality

Brief Overview

Life expectancy in low-education communities has declined since 1990, altering the electorate. Premature deaths among low-education groups cost them ~4 million net votes per election, creating a pro-high-education electoral shift of ~6 million votes.

Author

• Javier M. Rodriguez, University of Florida