20 Years of Data Reveal: Congress Doesn't Care What You Think

Most people have probably thought that Congress doesn't care about what you think but this video below puts some data and analysis to that very suggestion.Professors Martin Gilens of Princeton University and Benjamin Page of Northwestern University looked at more than 20 years of data to tackle this question.

  • Their study took data from nearly 2,000 public-opinion surveys and compared what the people wanted to what the government actually did. What they found was extremely unsettling: The opinions of the bottom 90% of income earners in America has essentially no impact at all.

Sara Graham

Sara Graham is the founder and director of EngageTaste, a St. Louis web design and branding studio, and a Squarespace Platinum Circle Designer and Certified Squarespace Trainer. Since 2013, she has completed more than a thousand projects for clients across virtually every industry and continent. Her path to web design ran through nearly a decade of global sustainability strategy at HOK and years of journalism for Zagat, Sauce Magazine, and the Riverfront Times. One taught her to think in structure; the other taught her to listen for the story.

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