Under that definition I'm skeptical that elites constitute a group that could be meaningfully analyzed as the article claims to do. Is it really true that Berni

Under that definition I'm skeptical that elites constitute a group that could be meaningfully analyzed as the article claims to do. Is it really true that Bernie Sanders, Ron Paul, and Mark Zuckerberg all read public opinion in similar ways? Even if it is true, "elites" seems like a very unhelpful term for the phenomenon, because I don't think anyone but a practicing political scientist is going to be happy if we go around calling all the popular politicans and major activist groups "elites".