Multiple Choice
The idea that collective public opinion is stable and useful to the government relies on the idea that
A) randomness in individual responses averages out.
B) elites construct a consensus using polls as instruments for domination.
C) individuals, responses are stable and rational.
D) collective public opinion rarely moves, even in response to changes in the world and major political events.
E) politicians typically ignore individual poll results.
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