I) Short Answer Questions
1) Government officials pay close attention to public opinion polls and other measures of public opinion because of several reasons. First of all, public opinion polls represent an opportunity for government officials to view a snapshot of public opinion. Secondly, public opinion polls allow government officials to see the attitudes of individuals regarding political subjects. Even though Government officials pay close attention to public opinion poll, most politicians deny that they pay any attention to polls because they believe that public opinion polls do not reflect the real opinion of the public. …show more content…
“Socialism” is an attitude which values community needs over individual wants.
3) One factor that help explain the stability of popular belief structures is that in the USA, levels of distrust in our institutions of government and our constitutional system are relatively low. Another reason is because our political elites tend to be more educated, they are even more supportive of democratic ideals than typical individuals. The third reason is our society use political channels to promote change.
4) The impact of social groups on political value can be defined by the fact that these groups characterized by social class, education, religion, race and ethnicity, and gender, represent pressure groups involving a large number of people who can be manipulated, not by their individual political beliefs, but by the political beliefs of the majority in their different groups. Also, the political attitudes of Americans tend to differ by income, education, religion, race and ethnicity, and gender because people with similar backgrounds tend to develop similar political