Who Actually Governs?

Just published: Who Governs?: Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation by James Druckman and Lawrence Jacobs.

“America’s model of representational government rests on the premise that elected officials respond to the opinions of citizens. This is a myth, however, not a reality… Druckman and Jacobs combine existing research with novel data from US presidential archives to show that presidents make policy by largely ignoring the views of most citizens in favor of affluent and well-connected political insiders.”