"representative opinion" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a belief or viewpoint that is representative or typical of a larger group or community. Example: The survey results provided a representative opinion of the general population's views on the issue.
The architect Michael McInturf provided a representative opinion when he dismissed Great American as "a theme park with a bad structure".
"But it's not necessarily who you hear from, it's can you count on it to be a representative opinion?" said Doug Dodson, the chief of staff for Representative Timothy Bishop, a Democrat from Southampton.
Of all the statements from Americans since Sept. 11, few have been more reassuring than a representative opinion voiced by Ryan Clark, a 19-year-old firefighter in Lewiston, Idaho, to a New York Times/CBS News pollster: "I would like to see quick justice, but if you jump the gun and attack the wrong person, it's not going to accomplish anything".
The estimated representative opinion of the Canadian boxing community was distributed similarly.
Representative opinion of the Canadian boxing community in response to the question: "In amateur boxing headgear should be worn…".
This representative opinion was in accordance with the overall poll results with an estimated 68.3 % of the Canadian boxing community supporting mandatory headgear, less than 5%% for its prohibition and 12.6 % supporting the status quo (Fig. 3).
In all that noise, cable-news talk shows function as a kind of couch potato caucus, a gathering of self-selected, not always representative opinion-shapers who push forward the media consensus.
This astonishing statement in the lead paragraph of your story on Barack Obama suggests a second story, worthy of the Enquirer: "Americans Fear Bush Coup".Quotes from rank-and-file citizens are presumed to convey representative opinions relevant to the subject at hand.
Accurately summarizing representative opinions from microblogs can increase understanding of the semantics of opinions.
Debate and discussion, and the capacity to enlarge one's perspective, are indeed crucial to the formation of opinions that can claim more than subjective validity; individuals may hold personal opinions on many subject matters, but they can form representative opinions only by enlarging their standpoint to incorporate those of others.
In her view representative opinions could arise only when citizens actually confronted one another in a public space, so that they could examine an issue from a number of different perspectives, modify their views, and enlarge their standpoint to incorporate that of others.
