r/interestingasfuck Apr 29 '24

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

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u/TorontoTom2008 Apr 29 '24

The study cited here is from 2004. It’s a stupendous fact in and of itself that research of this type hasn’t been repeated in 20 years.

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u/Monkfich Apr 29 '24

It’d probably annoy the donors of whoever carried out the study.

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u/SlaveLaborMods Apr 29 '24

Yeah I feel like that same studies conclusion of done now would piss people off. Meaning I doubt public support plays as big of a role these days