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Democracy

Voter Support for a Bill Has Near Zero Influence on Whether It Will Become Law

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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Democracy

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.

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Democracy

Unrepresentative Democracy – Government by the Millionaires and for the Millionaires

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 […]