basically, you have individual people with control over a policy who have a vested interest in its outcome, and regular people who each have a tiny interest, but not enough to actually do anything about it, so the policy tilts in favor of the few people in control - Justin Ruckman
visualization (some animated) of left/right leanings of US senate, how they changed over time, how Obama/McCain/Bush are positioned, etc - Justin Ruckman
