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Public Policy and Opinion Polls

Formation of public policy is one complex feature of concern for the legislative entities. There are many different factors that impact the entire prospect of public policy. It is vital to mention that policymakers need to be careful about the public matters and the actual opinions set by the citizens of the society ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"wF7dXb8v","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Burstein, 2003)","plainCitation":"(Burstein, 2003)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":1659,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/WF3D8L32"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/WF3D8L32"],"itemData":{"id":1659,"type":"article-journal","title":"The impact of public opinion on public policy: A review and an agenda","container-title":"Political research quarterly","page":"29-40","volume":"56","issue":"1","author":[{"family":"Burstein","given":"Paul"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2003"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Burstein, 2003). It is observed that most of the time it is characterized as difficult to rationally evaluate the influence of the public opinion on the entire procedure of crafting public policy. Here the focus is to critically discuss the impact of political procedures on the policy content referring to the paradigm of opinion polls.

Mostly, it is established that public policy can never be considered as the true representation of the public opinions or the actual concerns of the masses. One of the main reason of this particular approach is that the public does not actively convey their opinion in many policy matters that ultimately appears in the form of misinterpretation of the actual realities by the policymakers. The entire political procedure of the formulation of public policy plays a critical role in this entire facet of concern. Public policy is not recognized as the true representation of society’s opinion because it only fulfils the objectives of the specific elite concern. It is one major apprehension that eventually reflects in the form of unpopular public policy ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"4jJ6Qky8","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Fishkin & Luskin, 2005)","plainCitation":"(Fishkin & Luskin, 2005)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":1660,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/ERIVCQYZ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/ERIVCQYZ"],"itemData":{"id":1660,"type":"article-journal","title":"Experimenting with a democratic ideal: Deliberative polling and public opinion","container-title":"Acta politica","page":"284-298","volume":"40","issue":"3","author":[{"family":"Fishkin","given":"James S."},{"family":"Luskin","given":"Robert C."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2005"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Fishkin & Luskin, 2005). Problem identification is recognized as the utmost crucial stage when it comes to the establishment of the public policy for the citizens. It is revealed that political process never giver enough focus to classify the real public concern that eventually appears as the ineffective and insufficient public policy.

To conclude the discussion about the role of the political process in the formation of public policy, it is integral to indicate that the aspects of the defining problem and suggested solutions are not appropriately handled. The failure of the public policy refers to the existing gap between the perceived approach of the decision-makers and the actual concerns of the public.

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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Burstein, P. (2003). The impact of public opinion on public policy: A review and an agenda. Political Research Quarterly, 56(1), 29–40.

Fishkin, J. S., & Luskin, R. C. (2005). Experimenting with a democratic ideal: Deliberative polling and public opinion. Acta Politica, 40(3), 284–298.