Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups
representing business interests have substantial independent impacts
on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest
groups have little or no independent influence. The results provide
substantial support for theories of Economic Elite Domination and for
theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral
Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism. https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%
20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf
