Hello students of American National Government, and welcome to our Week 5 podcast episode on public opinion! In this marathon episode (yep, it's just under an hour), we cover all things public opinion-related: concepts like polling (and how to do it well), polling resources like Pew and Gallup, the factors that affect and influence public opinion (particularly socialization, generational effects, and psychological factors like morality pillars and negativity bias), the issue of framing, and then we break down political ideology by demographic subgroups. There is a lot of divide we see in public opinion (known as polarization) but on a lot we are united... so keep that in mind as you wrap up the episode with discussion of our political knowledge, trust, and the debate we'll have during our final week of class!