Public opinion influences democracy
A) because elected officials always make policy based on the most recent poll results.
B) because elected officials try to anticipate how the public will respond to their policies and how that will affect their chances at reelection.
C) because laws that go against public opinion are automatically void.
D) only in the Congress.
E) more than any other factor in politics.
B
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