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Politics is a trial in which those in government - and those who aspire to be - make proposals, debate alternatives, and pass laws. Then the jury of public opinion decides. It likes the proposals or actions or it does not. It trusts the actors or it doesn't. It moves, always at the margin, and then those who benefit from the movement are declared winners. This book is about that public opinion response. Its most basic premise is that although pubic opinion rarely matters in a democracy, public opinion change is the exception. Public opinion rarely matters, because the public rarely cares enough to act on its concerns or preferences. Change happens only when the threshold of normal public inattention is crossed. When public opinion changes, governments rise or fall, elections are won or lost, old realities give way to new demands.
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Nonfiction, Politics, Politics and government, USA, Public opinion, Government, Politieke invloed, National, Wahlkampf, Prasidentenwahl, Opinion publique, USA President, Politique et gouvernement, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Publieke opinie, Offentliche Meinung, Politische Entscheidung, Öffentliche Meinung, Präsidentenwahl, United states, politics and government, Public opinion, united states, Political participationShowing 3 featured editions. View all 12 editions?
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Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
2015, Cambridge University Press
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Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
September 13, 2004, Cambridge University Press
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