“The central point that emerges from
our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business
interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while
mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent
influence.” [Gilens, Martin and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, American Political Science Association, 2014; see also from Gilens, Bartels 2008, Gilens 2012. See also Jacobs and Page 2005, which indicates that the general public may have little or no influence on U.S. foreign policy, when the preferences of business leaders and other elites are taken into account.] .
So, we wonder why Democrats are willing to vote on Impeachment today when most of their own constituents do not favor removing a President that millions voted for with thin, and totally transparent reasoning. They decry the President for failing Democracy when they look more like China and Russia than what we remember of the United States.
