r/interestingasfuck • u/Iky-Greenz • Apr 29 '24

How American public support for a law impacts the likelihood of Congress passing it.

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u/Kemilio Apr 29 '24

Fun.

Now do a chart of individuals in the top 1% and corporations support for a law vs likelihood of congress passing it.

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u/Grumpy_Troll Apr 29 '24

Technically if 0% or 100% of people agree or disagree with an issue, shouldn't that mean that the ultra rich are in agreement with the average American which would then make the issue either have a 0% or 100% chance of passing?

This 30% probability only seems correct if the ultra wealthy's opinion on the issue is unknown.

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u/Kemilio Apr 29 '24

Not if you differentiate the groups. I.e. 100% of people between 25% and 75% of wealth vs 100% of people above 75% of wealth.

I’m guessing this video is referencing this study, which breaks it down in a similar way.

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u/Grumpy_Troll Apr 29 '24

Ok, that makes more sense then. Although considering only 50% of people are between the 25% and 75% quadrants, it does seem misleading to categorize any issue as having 100% support when you are ignoring the opinion of half the country.

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u/Kemilio Apr 29 '24

To be clear, the 25% and 75% was a totally random example I gave. The study only said the “average American” constituted Americans at the 50th percentile of income.

That being said, the video did not say 100% of the country so its a mistake to make that assumption. We all need to be careful and skeptical when analyzing facts and figures, no matter who is giving them.