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You're not wrong. A Princeton study found the average voters have almost no impact on policy anymore. However corporations have taken over that position of inf

You're not wrong. A Princeton study found the average voters have almost no impact on policy anymore. However corporations have taken over that position of influence. https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi... I personally believe it is because politicians have to listen to voter blocks. Since American families and homeowners have fallen to record lows they have no consistent voter base from individuals anymore. Homeowners and Familiy's used to be the two biggest voting blocks. They no longer are; businesses are the only voters that will be guaranteed to stick around until the next election.

astura 8y ago
>Since American families and homeowners have fallen to record lows they have no consistent voter base from individuals anymore. No. This is just factually incorrect. American are moving at historically low levels. https://slate.com/business/2018/06/americans-are-moving-less-often-than-ever.html https://slate.com/business/2018/06/americans-are-moving-less... Homeownership is certainly not at historic lows. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeownership-rate-reaches-three-year-high-as-rebound-from-crisis-gathers-pace-2018-01-30 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeownership-rate-reaches... (data for 2017, 2018 is higher: https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/index.html https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/index.html )
xapata 8y ago
Anymore? Was there ever a time when the "common" person had a strong influence on government policy, relative to wealthy people or large coalitions? Note that I'm referring to policy, not rhetoric.