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> [“incumbent politicians may face a dilemma: should they implement the policies voters want or the policies that will turn out to contribute to voters’ welfare?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/incumbent-politicians-may-face-a-dilemma-should-they-implement-the/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

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## More by Christopher H. Achen

> [“Elections do not force successful candidates to reflect the policy preferences of the median voter,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/elections-do-not-force-successful-candidates-to-reflect-the-policy/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“incumbent politicians may face a dilemma: should they implement the policies voters want or the policies that will turn out to contribute to voters’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/incumbent-politicians-may-face-a-dilemma-should-they-implement-the/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“what if voters don’t really know what they want?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/what-if-voters-don-t-really-know-what-they-want/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“Well-informed citizens, too, have come in for their share of criticism, since their well-organized “ideological” thinking often turns out to be just a rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/well-informed-citizens-too-have-come-in-for-their-share-of-criticism/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“Public perceptions of the prevalence of crime seem to be more strongly related to local media coverage of crime—largely a product of broadcasters’ commercial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/public-perceptions-of-the-prevalence-of-crime-seem-to-be-more/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“Americans are much more resolute in their identification with party than they are in their identification with ideology.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/americans-are-much-more-resolute-in-their-identification-with-party/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“there was much to despise about the legislatures of the Gilded Age, which were often severely malapportioned in favor of rural interests, heavily influenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/there-was-much-to-despise-about-the-legislatures-of-the-gilded-age/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

> [“when ordinary people are exposed to intensive political education and conversation on specific policy issues, they often change their mind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-h-achen/when-ordinary-people-are-exposed-to-intensive-political-education-and/)

[Christopher H. Achen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-h-achen/)

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