The Great and Growing Gap Between Public Policy and Public Will

A minister belonging to a group demanding Congress reject the Trump administration's budget proposals and health care bill, is arrested during a demonstration in the Russell Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2017. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Great and Growing Gap Between Public Policy and Public Will

Time and again, when it comes to the most vital political issues of the day, a clear pattern emerges: Americans want one thing and their elected representatives deliver just the opposite.