SIO318: Study Says the People Have 'Near-Zero' Influence on Policy. Does it Hold Up?
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English - January 21, 2022 00:08 - 59 minutes - 73.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsPolitics News News Commentary atheism democrat left liberal news politics progressive religion skepticism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It's time to give another viral thingy the Dr. Lindsey Osterman treatment! A viral tweet summarizing the findings of a political science study alleges that the people have "near-zero" impact on public policy. What is this study, what did it find, and was it good science? Find out!
Links: Gilens & Page (2014) - Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, Vox article on Gilens and Page and rebuttals, Bashir (2015) – Response to Gilens and Page, Enns (2015) - Response to Gilens and Page, Middle class income calculator (by region)