The common man related better to those who belonged to the party of the Pharisees. Though the Sadducees held the majority of seats in the Sanhedrin, history indicates that much of the time they had to go along with the ideas of the Pharisaic minority, because the Pharisees were popular with the masses.
Mtu wa kawaida alihusiana bora na wale ambao ni wa kikundi cha Mafarisayo. Ingawa Masadukayo walikuwa na nyadhifa nyingi katika baraza, historia inaonyesha kwamba muda mwingi huwa walikuwa wanafuata mawazo ya wachache Mafarisayo, kwa sababu Mafarisayo walikuwa maarufu kwa raia.