What Two Camps Do Arguments About the Meaning of Public

question 89

Multiple Choice

What two camps do arguments about the meaning of public opinion fall into?

• A)(1)The average citizen either doesn't have or is unable to express meaningful opinion and (2)even though they may lack sufficient political information, citizens can find ways to work around their lack of information through friends, institutions, and partisanship.
• B)(1)The average citizen possesses sufficient political information and (2)political information can be expressed and fluidly changed over time.
• C)(1)Citizens seek to be educated about political information and (2)it is the responsibility of a democratic republic to educate and indoctrinate its citizens with political information.
• D)(1)Citizens lack political knowledge  and (2)the lack of political knowledge creates a barrier to effective government.

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