How does public opinion shape government policy?
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It has been claimed that public opinion has the ability to change the course of history. In the midst of the great US depression, Franklin D Roosevelt's reluctance to join the anti-German war effort was finally decided by the bombing of Pearl Harbour. This event changed everything in the hearts and mind of the American public, giving the president the public support he needed.
Public opinion could also help set the pace of reform. To overcome frustrations around the lengthy timetable required to implement reform, why not allow policy to be timetabled to align with public opinion? Therein lies the momentum and impetus to accelerate the speed at which the aptly labelled dead hand of the state implements policy.
While Abraham Lincoln's take was simply: "Public opinion in this country is everything".
Public opinion could also help set the pace of reform. To overcome frustrations around the lengthy timetable required to implement reform, why not allow policy to be timetabled to align with public opinion? Therein lies the momentum and impetus to accelerate the speed at which the aptly labelled dead hand of the state implements policy.
While Abraham Lincoln's take was simply: "Public opinion in this country is everything".
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