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There was a fairly definitive study out of Princeton: The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representin
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There was a fairly definitive study out of Princeton:
The central point that emerges from our research is
that economic elites and organized groups representing
business interests have substantial independent impacts
on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest
groups and average citizens have little or no independent
influence. Our results provide substantial support for
theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories
of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian
Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism.
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