Question: What is the conclusion reached by the textbook authors on public opinion and democracy? Need Assignment Help? Group of answer choices the American people are, generally speaking, not fit to rule themselves the American people are, generally speaking, capable of self-rule public opinion fluctuates all the time, leading Americans to be unfit to rule in cases where large (e.g., global) political events occur; we are only fit to rule in times of relative calm individual Americans are highly capable of self rule, but as a whole, the general population is relatively unfit to rule