Describe the difference between political culture and public opinion

What will be an ideal response?


An ideal response will:
1, Define political culture as the basic values, beliefs, attitudes, preconceptions, and expectations of citizens about their system of government and themselves as participants.
2, Describe how, based upon that definition, political culture is different from public opinion because public opinion focuses on issues of the day and is far more susceptible to change than political culture. For example, the president's job-approval rating is based upon public opinion and subject to change, while Americans' belief that presidents should be guided by the will of the people is the subject of political culture.

Political Science

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Former President Clinton is seen as one of the most successful presidents working with Congress under divided government

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The purpose of the evaluation phase of policy making is to ______.

a. determine the legality and constitutionality of a proposed policy b. construct and revise the most efficient policy possible c. assess the cost effectiveness of a proposed policy d. determine if a policy is achieving the stated objectives

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Which of the following is the goal of frequency distribution control?

a.) grouping by age b.) grouping by race c.) roughly similar groups d.) sharply distinguished groups

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