PLS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 55: Jacksonian Democracy
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For most americans, the political attitude that shapes opinions and organizes other political attitudes most consistently is their disposition toward the political parties. Unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise, americans interpret political phenomena: in ways that favor their preferred party. Issue publics are subsets of the population that: are better informed about an issue than everyone else because it touches them more directly and personally. Which of the following is true about public opinion it is not routinely manipulated by self-serving elites because pluralist competition denies any given opinion leader a monopoly. Americans seem to support a wide range of economic and social welfare policies and programs that commonly are classified as __________________ and classify themselves as ________________ when it comes to principles. liberal/conservative. Elections allow ordinary citizens to, in aggregate reward or punish elected officials for their performance in office.
