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Who’s the “best party to manage”? Who knows

The media loves when pollsters ask "best party/leader to manage" questions, but, as Possum Comitatus explains (via graphs and words like "Coefficient Value"), they don't actually tell us anything.

Possum Comitatus

Feb 18, 2010

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