1. Think back over the past few years and identify one event or action related to the national policy taken by the government ( for example. healthcare, foreign policy, immigration, or terrorism). Did that event or action positively or negatively influence the public's overall opinion? What about the world's opinion?

2. Should the US government keep public opinion in mind when making decisions? Why or why not? What about world opinions?

3. Do you think social media enhances a citizen's and the government's ability to make good political decisions? Or do you think it just creates confusion?

4. Some individuals have sought to poll public opinion by using questions shared through social media forums like Facebook. How might the results from a Facebook quiz provide distorted results?