Most of society would agree that public opinion is an important component in our system of government. One of the main issues with public opinion is that it is extremely difficult to conceptualize. Many scholars define public opinion as the summation of individual opinions on any particular issue or topic while others would define it more specifically as “those opinions held by private persons which government finds it prudent to heed” (Dautrich and Yalof 272). Regardless of how one defines “public opinion”, the fact is that this is a vital component of our governmental system. Donald Trump is mixing …show more content…
Public opinions on these major issues are drastically polarized. Some argue that Donald Trump is vague and not completely clear on how he would implement different policies regarding these issues while others argue that his plans are quick and simple. For example, Donald Trump claims that he has devised a “foolproof way” to defeat the Islamic State very quickly; however, he failed to divulge his plan to do so and stated he did not want the enemy to know what he was doing. In regards to immigration issues, he states that illegal immigrants are destroying the fabric of the county while the middle class is being decimated. His solution to this problem is to build “a real wall” to keep immigrants out