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How much should elected officials follow the public on foreign policy issues?

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As with public policy, public opinion also has a close relationship with foreign policy. ... Published before the Vietnam War, Gabriel Almond and Walter Lippmann argued that public opinion about foreign policy was unstructured, incoherent, and highly volatile, and that public opinion shouldn't influence foreign policy.
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Answer:Public on foreign policy issues an important factor in foreign policy decisions.

Explanation:This policy actually use to represent public opinion.Communications between government and people the following path,groups,media news,elected officials,the general public.

Bernard Cohen the public on impact foreign policy.Foreign policy are used often to public opinion poll.

The foreign policy has seen to the growing number of articles and books the importance of public opinion.

Foreign policy officials are to the public opinion and that to the public matters in the decisions time.

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