ISS 225 Study Guide - Final Guide: Seal Of The President Of The United States, New-York Tribune, Presidential Succession Act

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies Social Sci
• Course: ISS 225
• Professor: Patricia Molloy

Document Summary

Fourth week, reading assignment, molloy, ppa, chapter 8. M-16-public opinion, polls and their significance in a democracy. All governments, demo or not demo, are (to some extent) based on public opinion. Democracy and public opinion government rests on the consent of the governed and public opinion is enthroned. Dictatorship and public opinion even dictatorship has public opinion. State monopoly on communications and system of censorship is used to stifle ideas which may be dangerous to the regime. As americans became more educated, they became more vocal in expressing their views, as well as the likelihood to vote rose. When the public literacy grew the demand for newspapers and magazines grew which in return provided more information about to government and public policy issues. De tocqueville associated public opinion with the dangers of a. Mediocre unstable and potential tyranny of the majority .