After examining nearly 2,000 public opinion surveys and comparing them to actual policy outcomes, they discovered that the opinions of 90% of Americans have virtually no impact on legislation.
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Around 20% opposed the US Revolution for democracy, about 40% supported it, and about 40% didn’t give a damn.
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Democracy Gonna Make You Rich, Bitch!
A country that switches from non-democracy to democracy achieves about 20% higher GDP per capita over the next 30 years.
In a truly representative democracy, the more public support there is for a policy, the more likely it would be to become law. However, public support has almost no influence on what laws are passed. Whether there is 0% or 100% support for a policy, there’s a 30% likelihood that it will become law. Our representative government is not […]