Paul@lemmy.esquiretheduke.nohost.me to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIt’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracynewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1511arrow-down126
arrow-up1485arrow-down1external-linkIt’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracynewrepublic.comPaul@lemmy.esquiretheduke.nohost.me to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 day agoThe timing is worse than that. The study was only released in 2014, but it used data from 1981-2002, nearly 3 decades ago. Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
minus-squarepjwestin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoShit, I assumed that data was relatively recent to the study’s publication. It doesn’t even cover Citizens United!
The timing is worse than that. The study was only released in 2014, but it used data from 1981-2002, nearly 3 decades ago.
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
Shit, I assumed that data was relatively recent to the study’s publication. It doesn’t even cover Citizens United!