This article is two months old by the way.
Another link from !@queermunist@lemmy.ml focusing more on American politics but this one is much older. "The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
the study has been ongoing for 38 years, not sure a few months old post would be that inaccurate (aka it’s ok! ;) )