A study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities concludes that U.S. political policy is determined by the economic elite, not the majority of citizens.
This is what .world and .works are fighting to keep in place, with their rabid anti* communism.
This is what racism and anticommunism, anti LGBTQ are fighting to preserve and send to poorest to die to achieve and expand it.
And even then, it was looking at the time period between 1981 and 2002, before Citizens United kicked things into overdrive.
Yep - Heritage Foundation. Started in ‘73 by rich creeps (Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors (yes the beer Coors)) who began to see the real fruits of their investment with Reagan.