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Comment by jialutu

You don't have to wait 1-2 years, there are already studies for the US voting.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...

Basically, the TL;DR version of this is that no, the average voter's decisions do not sway the decision of politicians, but the politicians decisions are heavily correlated with the preferences of the top 10% earners.

parent jialutu 4 years ago

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