> Vote for whom? You left off the "This especially includes the primaries." That is where it is decided to vote in/out the "establishment elite" and vote in/ou

> Vote for whom? You left off the "This especially includes the primaries." That is where it is decided to vote in/out the "establishment elite" and vote in/out a candidate with a policy message that resonates. See the 2008 democrat presidential primaries for an example. > if a candidate happens to gain prominence who runs against the interests of the wealthy, the wealthy are especially eager to throw tons of money at an opponent of the candidate in order to crush them. again, see the above for how voting and being engaged at the primary level is where policy is selected, staying engaged through the national election is how policy changes win. The people voting there are the ones who have a "far more independent impact upon policy change". If it's mostly high income voters voting, the final outcome is obvious