Class is determined by income and education, and conflicting levels of these two factors can help explain why class bias occurs. For example, because educated .
people tend to identify with politics more, they are more likely to vote. People with high income and education also have more resources, and poor people are apt to have low political understanding. Turnout, consequently, is low. The "winner-take-all" system in elections may be condemned for being undemocratic because the proportion of people agreeing with a particular candidate on a certain issue may not be adequately represented under this system. For instance, a candidate who gets 40 percent of the vote, as long as he gets more votes than any other candidate, can be elected "even though sixty percent of the voters voted against him.
As a result of no nationwide regulation to force people into identifying with a political party, partisan classification tends to be an unofficial mental commitment to a party. This informality allows people to be lethargic if they wish, willingly giving up their say in the political process. This disregard is the result of greater freedom in .
America than in other countries, it eventually reduces citizens' reasons to state their views about matters, thus making democracy less legitimate. Personal interests alter public policy because, when making important choices, politicians must take account of campaign contributors. An "interest" may be defined as "any involvement in anything that affects the economic, social, or emotional well-being of a person." When interests become prearranged into groups, then politicians may become partial due to their .
influences. Special interests groups buy favors from congressmen and presidents through political action committees (PACs). .
Therefore, those people who do not become members of interest groups are likely to be underrepresented financially.
