References by Chapter
3. The Elite Rulers Today
Most expensive ever: 2020 election cost $14.4 billion, by Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Feb 11, 2021 1:14 pm, OpenSecrets.org. [return]
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/02/2020-cycle-cost-14p4-billion-doubling-16/Democracy Squared: A digital revolution that's about to democratise democracy, by Jon Barnes, pg 21, v1.1, Nov 25, 2016, Flux Publishing, Kindle Edition, Nov 25, 2016. [return]
https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Squared-Jim-Ralley/dp/1366778294/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0Interest Groups, OpenSecrets.org. [return]
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/index.php?ind=A&cycle=2020Ibid [return]
A. Super PACs: How Many Donors Give, OpenSecrets.org. [return]
https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor-stats?cycle=2020&type=I
B. Number of registered voters in the United States from 1996 to 2020, Apr 2021, Statista. [return]
https://www.statista.com/statistics/273743/number-of-registered-voters-in-the-united-states/Most expensive ever: 2020 election cost $14.4 billion [ref 1] [return]
6b. Leadership in Congress: It's a Party Matter, American Government. [return]
https://www.ushistory.org/gov/6b.aspA. The Structure of Congress, Congress, US Government and Politics, SparkNotes. [return]
https://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/american-government/congress/section1/page/3/
B. Who will lead the senate?, by Marian Currinder, The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. [return]
https://gai.georgetown.edu/who-will-lead-the-senate/GPO Releases Plum Book, U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), Dec 2020. [return]
https://www.gpo.gov/who-we-are/news-media/news-and-press-releases/gpo-releases-plum-book---dec-2020Lobbying Data Summary, OpenSecrets.org. [return]
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbyingRevolving Congress: The Revolving Door Class of 2019 Flocks to K Street, by Alan Zibel, May 30, 2019, Public Citizen. [return]
https://www.citizen.org/article/revolving-congress/Top Lobbying Firms, OpenSecrets.org. [return]
https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/top.php?display=FSo What if Congressional Staff Levels are Declining?, by Tim LaPira and Herschel Thomas, Jun 27, 2016, LegBranch, R Street Institute. [return]
https://www.legbranch.org/2016-6-27-so-what-if-congressional-staff-levels-are-declining/Revolving Congress: The Revolving Door Class of 2019 Flocks to K Street, [ref 11] [return]
Special-Interest Spending, by Chris Edwards, Apr 2009, Downsizing the Federal Government. [return]
https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/special-interest-spendingAs Earmarks Return to Congress, Lawmakers Rush to Steer Money Home, by Luke Broadwater, Emily Cochrane and Alicia Parlapiano, Apr 1, 2022, The New York Times. [return]
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/us/politics/congress-earmarks.htmlFarm Subsidies vs. National Security, by Brian Riedl, May 27, 2004, The Heritage Foundation. [return]
https://www.heritage.org/taxes/commentary/farm-subsidies-vs-national-securityTesting Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Sept 18, 2014, Cambridge University Press. [return]
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992BHow to Salvage Congress, by Mike Gallagher, Nov 13, 2018, The Atlantic. [return]
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/gallagher-congress/575689/
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