An investigation of the relationship between citizen preferences in a representative democracy & the results of income policy. Using the hypothetical case in which elections only concern income redistribution, a model is examined where voters vote for the party whose program most nearly resembles their weighted preferences. Because policy may be considered a collective good, it is more realistic to assume that voters vote for the party whose ideology most closely resembles their personal ideology. In accordance with P. K. Keizer's Inflatie als Politiek-Economisch Verschijnsel ([Inflation as a Political-Economic Phenomenon] Leiden/Antwerp, 1982), it is hypothesized that the results of policy depend on the ideology of politicians & pressure groups. Official data on the Netherlands confirm the hypothesis. 1 Appendix, 45 References. Modified HA
