POLI 2051 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peer Pressure, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Indirect Election
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An * means that the question or questions from this section have been particularly problematic in the past. What is it: the collected attitudes of citizens on a given issue or question, used to be about matters that were politically relevant but nowadays almost anything. In a democracy, there must be some links between what the public thinks & what the government does. It"s a nation of the people & if the government ignores the public in every single way, then we don"t have a democracy. Delegate: a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to conference. Side note: what is sequestration, a series of across the board cuts to government agencies totaling . 2 trillion over 10 years. The cuts are split 50-50 between defense & domestic discretionary spending. Who is most interested in public opinion: elected officials, public opinion may influence government decision-making.
