Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
The US is not a democracy but an oligarchy, study concludes (2014)
A Princeton and Northwestern study analyzing nearly 1,800 policies from 1981 to 2002 found that economic elites and business interest groups have substantial influence over US government policy, while average citizens have little or none. The peer-reviewed study concludes that the US is an oligarchy, not a democracy.
When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose.