From the article:
Realsearchers compared enacted policies to “the expressed preferences of average Americans (50th percentile of income), affluent Americans (90th percentile), and large special interests groups.”
Researchers did not evaluate legislation on its merits. Indeed, they did not evaluate the legislation at all. They rely on work done by Gilens. Gilens assembled a dataset of survey results about support for legislation in which the income of the respondents is known. See Testing Theiretical Predictions section of the full reseach article: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/62327F513959D0A304D48...
Economic-elite is defined as individuals with income at or above the top 10%.
Absolutely. I clicked through to the underlying paper and read it for that very reason, but couldn't find a table or any examples of what some of the policy differences are. Be very curious to see where our elitist policies differ from what the average person wants.
It’s important from here moving forward that we understand “liberal” to mean the same as it did in the French Revolution; that is bourgieous who say they care about working people to gain popular support. The “left” and “liberals” are 2 very different factions. If they ever seem similar, this is a matter of understandable confusion at the hands of liberals.
It would be interesting to note which policies are considered elitist so we can see specifics.
I’m assuming on tax policy this study would vindicate the left but curious about what other policies the “elite” like.