Subject : Public Opinion in Politics (Poli 350) Answer the eight essay questions
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Subject : Public Opinion in Politics (Poli 350)
Answer the eight essay questions using the PowerPoint Document and books listed below. Please use paragraph form (about 3 paragraphs per question) .(Please provide outline).
1.Explain how electoral wins and losses affect perceptions of electoral integrity.
2.Distinguish between specific and diffuse support for the political system, and provide an evidence-based explanation of which of these two types of system support is most abundant among the American mass public.
3.Describe the factors that affect presidential approval among the American mass public. In doing so, distinguish among the factors that have historically been associated with presidential approval, those that are contemporarily associated with presidential approval, and specific conditions that can increase or decrease presidential approval.
4.Describe how trust in government has changed over time among the American mass public and explain why such changes in trust in government have occurred.
5.Provide an evidence-based discussion of the relationship between American public opinion and public policy and explain how this relationship has changed over time.
6.Discuss the roles that self- and group interests each play in American public opinion. What are some of the attitudes that are shaped by self-interests and by group interests? How do self- and group interests shape these attitudes? What other factors affect the role of self- and group interests in American public opinion?
7.Argue that public opinion polling is detrimental to American democracy. Then argue that public opinion polling is an essential and invaluable feature of American democracy.
8.Using what you have learned this semester, characterize Americans’ capacities for democratic governance and describe the role that you feel citizens should play in a democratic society.
Books needed to answer questions:
Public Opinion: Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice, 4th Edition by Rosalee A. Clawson &Zoe M. Oxley•
Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know, 9th Edition by Herbert Asher
