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Function and Philosophical Significance of Opinion Polls

Opinion polls aggregate individual preferences to estimate public sentiment, informing political decision-making and social science research. Philosophically, they raise questions about the nature of public opinion, the epistemic weight of majority views, and whether polls merely reflect or actively shape social reality. Their interpretation engages debates on legitimacy, collective agency, and the interaction between empirical data and normative political theory.
 

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