this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2024
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To be fair when speaking of most democratic voters he is correct

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

"Most voters"

There, fixed it for you

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if there are polling agencies that survey the policy preferences of only rich people.

You could use those to make sickeningly accurate predictions about American political outcomes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was a university study that suggested there was no correlation between voter interest and the legislation passed. But there was a correlation between lobbyists and donors and corporate interests and the legislation passed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I was thinking of Gilens and Page when I posted that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In fairness, many if not most politicians sort of think that. They can also he fairly corrupt. Left or Right, it does not matter. Neither own a monopoly on lack of ethics or corruption.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Sure but the two parties have a monopoly on governing power so that’s all that matters here.