http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/G...ens and Page 2014-Testing Theories 3-7-14.pdf
It's a good read. Skip down to page Ten for the beginning of the nut and bolts, the data set, ect.
The appendices at the end have all the pretty tables and numbers
Democracy is Broke.
The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence. Our 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.
It's a good read. Skip down to page Ten for the beginning of the nut and bolts, the data set, ect.
The appendices at the end have all the pretty tables and numbers
Democracy is Broke.