“Obi, why is America so divided?”

Americans actually disagree on far less than politicians will have you believe. We’re all in the same boat, suffering from the same ills.

✨ 60% of Americans support increasing spending on public housing and 67% have favorable views of public housing assistance

✨ 67% of people support the government offering medical-debt forgiveness

✨ 79% support setting limits on the size of rent increases

✨ 63% agree all adults should be screened for anxiety and depression

@voteobi “The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
Gilens & Page, Perspectives in Politics

The study looked at 2,000 public-opinion surveys & compared support to what government did. opinions of the lowest 90% of income earners has no impact at all.

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf