☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoIf the US is a democracy then Americans are responsible for the actions of their leaderslemmy.mlimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down124
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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-220 hours agoThe purple line is the bottom 90% of the population by income. So basically, public opinion does not impact policy in any statistically significant way. https://youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-220 hours agoI gathered as much, it just seems weird that its pinned at what appears at a glance like 35%? Is that just what percentage of policies in general get enacted? Edit: watched the video, its 30% and yes
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoYeah, inertia is baked into the legislative process here. It’s silly.
The purple line is the bottom 90% of the population by income.
So basically, public opinion does not impact policy in any statistically significant way.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
I gathered as much, it just seems weird that its pinned at what appears at a glance like 35%? Is that just what percentage of policies in general get enacted?
Edit: watched the video, its 30% and yes
Yeah, inertia is baked into the legislative process here. It’s silly.