Testing Theories of American Politics The study of American politics can be broken down into four theories: Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic-Elite Domination, and two types of interest-group pluralism. Majoritarian electoral democracies see the majority old greater power to influence policies and are more empowered by voting. However, scientists say that politicians make policy judgements based on anticipations of expectations rather than current policy preferences- this is known as “latent” public opinion. Economic-elite domination is self-explanatory in that the rich individuals have a higher influence on policies. Another theory is majoritarian pluralism which divided the people into factions. These diverse factions could prevent
