Question

what is public opinion ? what are the characteristics of public opinion?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Public opinion consists of the desires, wants and thinking of the majority of the people. It is the collective opinion of the people of a society or state on an issue or problem. This concept came about through the process of urbanization and other political and social forces.

Answer 2

Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals.

Characteristics of Public opinion :-

• It guides government action, influences public policy, gives feedback to politicians.
• It gives self rule in democracy.
• Opinions are not fixed.
• They change as new information arise from interests groups, politicians, new administrations etc....