Public opinion

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Public opinion refers to a population's collectively held attitudes and beliefs.

Measuring public opinion

Scientific polls and surveys

Since the 1930s, the predominant means for discerning what the public thinks has beenpublic opinion polls or surveys administered to a statistically representative sample of the population of interest.