No. Firstly it will be highly impossible for one researcher to take on the task of gathering data on the opinions of every citizen. Secondly s/he will spend years and probably decades to gather data as India is a phenomenally large country. It can be possible if the researcher has a great number of research assistants with him/her then the task of gathering data can be distributed to these assistants. However there is a possibility of threats.
Another alternative: The researcher can choose a sample that represents the entire population then s/he can administer the test on that sample and whatever results gathered from that study can be generalized to the whole population of India. Thus making the possiblity of carrying out this study simpler.
But to gather data on the different opinions of politicians from every citizen of India is a mighty big task, but not generalizable. As every citizen will have a different opinion and is entitled to his/her opinion. Just by gathering opinions from a handful of people cannot generalise that the entire population thinks that way about politicians.
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