Which of the Following Is True of the Relationship Between

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the relationship between public opinion and shifts in major government policies?

• A) On high-profile issues particularly, public opinion tends to affect policy to a greater degree than policymakers' agendas affect public opinion.
• B) Analysts Page and Shapiro concluded that leaders' opinions ultimately affect most policy issues more than the larger public opinion.
• C) The linguist Noam Chomsky claimed that democracy consistently preserved the will of the people over the will of elite interests.
• D) Analysts Robert Erikson, Michael MacKuen, and James Stimson found a pattern consistent with their claim that "public opinion has little influence over policy."
• E) All of these answers are correct.

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