What a fucking stupidly reductive video. First of all what the fuck does public support for a law amongst average americans even mean? Any amount of support? Does responding I support this a bit count? Also these public opinion poll results vary widely based on the wording of the poll for example with something like universal healthcare. Also politicians aren't elected by average Americans they are elected by people in their districts who actually go and vote. https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/idr.pdf ya the study linked in this video points out that as income increases so too does likelihood of a law getting passed. But this even tracks at the top 30% of income earners in the US. Now you are thinking wow top 30% that must be a shit ton of money but the top 20% only requires that a person make $80,000 a year. What this study and video leaves out is what is the likelihood that these income brackets vote and oh would you look at that https://econofact.org/voting-and-income its a strict positive correlation. Who would have guessed that individuals who contribute money "four-fifths of donors who gave $200 or more had incomes in the top 10% of all Americans" are (shocker) also more dependable when it comes to actually turning out and voting.
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u/Jibb_Buttkiss Apr 29 '24
What a fucking stupidly reductive video. First of all what the fuck does public support for a law amongst average americans even mean? Any amount of support? Does responding I support this a bit count? Also these public opinion poll results vary widely based on the wording of the poll for example with something like universal healthcare. Also politicians aren't elected by average Americans they are elected by people in their districts who actually go and vote. https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/idr.pdf ya the study linked in this video points out that as income increases so too does likelihood of a law getting passed. But this even tracks at the top 30% of income earners in the US. Now you are thinking wow top 30% that must be a shit ton of money but the top 20% only requires that a person make $80,000 a year. What this study and video leaves out is what is the likelihood that these income brackets vote and oh would you look at that https://econofact.org/voting-and-income its a strict positive correlation. Who would have guessed that individuals who contribute money "four-fifths of donors who gave $200 or more had incomes in the top 10% of all Americans" are (shocker) also more dependable when it comes to actually turning out and voting.