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Instructor’s Manual, Chapter 6 Learning Objectives: Public opinion—the aggregate of citizen attitudes—is essential to the workings of a democracy. Scientific polling enables public officials to gauge public opinion with some degree of confidence, though polls can be in error. Citizens’ opinions and attitudes are shaped by environment, political socialization, generational effects, and self-interest. Elites do drive public opinion, but only to the extent that citizens are exposed and open to their message. Party identification can help predict individual attitudes, and liberal or conservati