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We’re assuming that public opinion influences policy. The opinions of the top 10% of income earners correlates highly with the direction of US policy whereas t
by vegetablepotpie 4y ago
We’re assuming that public opinion influences policy.
The opinions of the top 10% of income earners correlates highly with the direction of US policy whereas the bottom 90% have very small influence.
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...
- whimsicalism 4y agoYes, yes, yes the Princeton study. But I don't think I made any such assumption.
- esoterica 4y agoAnd yet the engineers and other PMCs who are definitely in the top 10% by income still conceive of themselves as part of an oppressed underclass with no influence on policy direction.
- kevinventullo 4y agoPerhaps it would be more accurate to say those who are in the top 10% by income/wealth in their state of residence.