As an American, I think about this graph way too often:
Basically, yeah. Ideally, as public support rises, the pass rate would also rise. And inversely, as support drops, the pass rate would also drop. That flat ~30% pass rate regardless of public support means that the bottom 90% literally isn’t represented at all. Their needs and wishes literally are not factored into the bill’s chances of passing at all. Meanwhile, the wealthy have an extreme amount of influence on whether or not a bill will pass.
As an American, I think about this graph way too often:
Basically, yeah. Ideally, as public support rises, the pass rate would also rise. And inversely, as support drops, the pass rate would also drop. That flat ~30% pass rate regardless of public support means that the bottom 90% literally isn’t represented at all. Their needs and wishes literally are not factored into the bill’s chances of passing at all. Meanwhile, the wealthy have an extreme amount of influence on whether or not a bill will pass.