silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPoll shows wide support in Maryland for making polluters pay for climate changewww.marylandmatters.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkPoll shows wide support in Maryland for making polluters pay for climate changewww.marylandmatters.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIt can have value in that politicians often hear what the rich and powerful have to say, and can end up confusing this with what the public wants
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBold of you to assume many politicians care what the people think in the first place
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot all do, but enough often do that it affects policy.
It can have value in that politicians often hear what the rich and powerful have to say, and can end up confusing this with what the public wants
Fair point
Bold of you to assume many politicians care what the people think in the first place
Not all do, but enough often do that it affects policy.