Public Opinion Polls Will Give Policy Makers Meaningful Signals That

question 3

Multiple Choice

Public opinion polls will give policy makers meaningful signals that accurately reflect the opinions of the American public that pays close attention to policy debates if what happens?

• A)if the random opinions of uninformed members of the public cancel one another out
• B)if the uninformed opinions of members of the public are systematically excluded
• C)if the opinions of informed members of the public are tracked over time
• D)if survey questions are worded in order to generate a low degree of consensus
• E)if the opinions of uninformed members of the public are undersampled

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