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"the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy"

Posted by Raphael
Tags: politics
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B/core-reader

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Title
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens
Published
Sep 10 2014
Word count
4082 words

2 comments

  1. nacho
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    This has a simple explanation: the proportion of people voting is too low for the democracy to function effectively.

    This has a simple explanation: the proportion of people voting is too low for the democracy to function effectively.

    3 votes
  2. cloudwizard
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    Well that's not a surprise... Personally, I feel it's a little difficulty not to be cynical in a glorified plutocracy.

    Well that's not a surprise... Personally, I feel it's a little difficulty not to be cynical in a glorified plutocracy.