Gilens and Page report similar results for organized interest groups, which wield a powerful influence on policy formation. As they point out, “it makes very little difference what the general public thinks” once interest-group alignments and the preferences of affluent Americans are taken into account.
对于有组织利益集团，吉伦斯和佩奇的结论也是如此。有组织利益集团对政策形成具有强大影响力。他们指出，如果将利益集团联盟和美国丰裕阶层的偏好考虑进来，则“普罗大众想什么基本上没有什么区别”。