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schs14

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Political scientist V.O. Key was more specific in his definition of public opinion when he described it as
 
  a. the measure of guaranteed success.
  b. collective opinions that can be dangerous for a politician to follow.
  c. inaccurate results of inaccurate ideology.
  d. those opinions held by private persons which government finds it prudent to heed.
  e. the general feeling of the American public that is actually irrelevant to a government policy-maker.

Question 2

Many scholars use which of the following as a general definition of public opinion?
 
  a. the official results of an election
  b. the summation of individual opinions on any particular topic or issue
  c. the results of a Gallup opinion poll
  d. the views of elected officials as to the direction of the nation
  e. the collective political preferences of the majority of citizens


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jamesnevil303

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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B


schs14

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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