brookings.dataLayer = {"title":"Are the very rich taking over American politics?","archived":"No","author":"Elaine Kamarck, Jordan Muchnick","author_id":"29049, 27618","author_type":"Expert, Staff","language":"en","word_count":435,"historical_url":"","original_post_id":1802006,"post_id":1802006,"parent":null,"publish_date":"2025-01-09","type":"","content_type":"Commentary","format":"","subtype":"","primary_topic":"U.S. Government & Politics","topic":"Campaigns & Elections, Congress, Demographics & Population, Political Parties, Presidency, Society & Culture, U.S. Government & Politics","region":"North America, U.S. States and Territories","program":"Governance Studies","project":"","center":"Center for Effective Public Management (CEPM)","tags":"FixGov","tag_id":"2367","template":"","monthPublished":"01","timePublished":"14:14:01","yearPublished":"2025","canonicalContent":"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/are-the-very-rich-taking-over-american-politics/"};