{"id":2864,"date":"2015-10-15T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2015-10-15T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:21:44","slug":"princeton-study-u-s-no-longer-an-actual-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=2864","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/a3.img.talkingpointsmemo.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,fl_keep_iptc,g_faces,h_365,w_652\/pyki5gv7hpf2qwunerkw.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy\\'&gt;Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy&lt;\/a&gt;Asking \\&quot;[w]ho really rules?\\&quot; researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. 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