Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest ...

empirical theories, attribute U.S. government policies chieﬂy to the collective will of average citizens, who are seen as empowered by democratic elections. Such thinking goes back at least to Tocqueville, who (during the Jacksonian era) saw American majorities as “omnipo-tent”—particularly at the state level—and worried about ................
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