In general, public opinion is not entirely clear and direct towards public officials, that is, it does not give them clear and concrete guidelines on how to carry out their functions.
This is so because public opinion, usually, is not the result of a social consensus regarding a question, but the sum of opinions about it, which may coincide to a greater or lesser extent (or not).
Thus, public opinion does not serve as a guide for political action, but rather as a parameter for the approval or disapproval of citizens with respect to public officials.
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