Summarize the role of public opinion in a democracy

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include:

• Reading: Democracy and Public Opinion
• Video: Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic We Must Reclaim
• Video: Martin Gilens on Political Inequality
• Reading: Someone Finally Polled the 1%
• Reading: The Irrational Electorate

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.