Not long ago, I saw a graph, maybe two side-by-side, illustrating this point: Of all the bills passed by congress the vast majority were opposed by the general public but supported by big money, i.e. donors, corporate interests, etc. And of all the bills that did not pass, the vast majority were supported by the general public but opposed by big money. I’ve tried a number of google searches and come up empty. What is the best way to try to find this data? Thanks, Dopers. xo,
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Yes, it was of similar content. I believe that it was more a reflection of actual practice, though, as opposed to probabilities. Still, this is a good one. Thanks.
The article explains that there is nothing to graph. Its imaginary that the will of the people can be evaluated … It fails to add in the “but how the heck would I know how to run the country” second thought… you ask someone and you get their gut feeling, but then well they will say "but government steers policies to keep the economy healthy, naturally big businesses also want the economy healthy, they will often be in alignment… "… Or a computer program could determine may of these votes based on economic modelling.
is the individuals deference of the issues to higher powers a bit like passing a proxy vote onto big business ? No, because their proxy vote is s ALREADY passed on to the government. Whats it matter to anyone whether the person can correctly determine the correct policy for themselves, what matters is they trust this party or that to get it correct.
I think any graph that said it was actual data is just using these graphs with the incorrect label.
In deference to the late Colibri, I will not answer the way I am tempted to. However, regardless of the point(s) I think you are trying to make, my question was directed at how one might search for or find that graph.