Godric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agoA month before an election!? BlooMAGA, amirite???locklemmy.worldimagemessage-square873linkfedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down1167
arrow-up1848arrow-down1imageA month before an election!? BlooMAGA, amirite???locklemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square873linkfedilink
minus-squarestarelfsc2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoTheir inference from the data is correct but misleading, since for 90% of the issues the average citizen and the “donor class” were aligned, and when they were not, the citizen’s decisions were chosen about 40% of the time. That’s definitely a hard lean towards the rich, though their claim is that the average citizen has near-zero impact which is a big overstatement. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283035709_Testing_Inferences_about_American_Politics_A_Review_of_the_Oligarchy_Result
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoOn the federal level near zero is accurate. Trying to downplay this is rather silly.
Their inference from the data is correct but misleading, since for 90% of the issues the average citizen and the “donor class” were aligned, and when they were not, the citizen’s decisions were chosen about 40% of the time. That’s definitely a hard lean towards the rich, though their claim is that the average citizen has near-zero impact which is a big overstatement.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283035709_Testing_Inferences_about_American_Politics_A_Review_of_the_Oligarchy_Result
On the federal level near zero is accurate. Trying to downplay this is rather silly.