Some analysts try to predict how likely a policy issue will be placed on the agenda for action. Policy issues that have ___ ___ have the best chances to be placed on a public agenda.

Low conflict and high salience

Explanation:

Placing an issue on the list of public agenda does not occur overnight. The issue that is to be placed on public agenda needs to meet some certain criteria.

First among these criteria is that it must be an issue with a low amount of conflict. What this means is that if there are no oppositions to a certain issue and there is generally a reasonable amount of agreement between the parties involved, then we can confidently agree that the particular issue can be placed on public agenda.

Secondly, the issue to be placed on public agenda must have high salience. What do we mean by this? This means the particular issue must be prominent or important enough to be discussed. If the issue on ground is not prominent, than it cannot be presented on the list of agenda.