This article is two months old by the way.
Another link from !@queermunist@lemmy.ml focusing more on American politics but this one is much older. "The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
We’ve had proof since 2015 when Princeton published a study showing that "The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
That’s why we call it the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.