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If the US is a democracy then Americans are responsible for the actions of their leaders (lemmy.ml)

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here’s a chart of how likely a policy is to become enacted (Y axis), based on public support of the policy (X axis):

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm very confused by the purple line

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The purple line is the bottom 90% of the population by income.

So basically, public opinion does not impact policy in any statistically significant way.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I gathered as much, it just seems weird that its pinned at what appears at a glance like 35%? Is that just what percentage of policies in general get enacted?

Edit: watched the video, its 30% and yes

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, inertia is baked into the legislative process here. It’s silly.