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A Likeability Problem – Part II

A Likeability Problem – Part II

Crime, Drugs, and Homelessness

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Jul 24, 2023
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As explained in Part I of this analysis, the increasing importance of “likeability” to electability combined with the relatively recent equation of “nice” with “likeability” limits the range of policies that are permitted within domestic policy discussions.  Nowhere is this more apparent than within the areas of crime, drugs, and homelessness.  The inte…

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