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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 months ago

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