Well this election was different in two radical ways, two candidates who were not the first choice of corporate donors - Trump and of Bernie Sanders. It must n

Well this election was different in two radical ways, two candidates who were not the first choice of corporate donors - Trump and of Bernie Sanders. It must not be forgotten that Trump is a billionaire who largely financed his own election. Bernie Sanders on public contribution. But this has been the exception rather than the rule. This scholarly study found that “economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.“ Hardly a surprising fact. Polls show most Americans believe the government is dominated by a small group of special interests who are looking out for themselves. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...