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Polling Afghanistan

By The Daily Dish

Jul 19 2009, 1:27 AM ET

by Patrick Appel

Norman Geras tries to determine when public opinion polls matter, and when they don't. Geras discounts the value of public opinion too much in my opinion, but citing majority support is usually a weak way to win an argument.



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