Herding Cats & Polls
Natalie JacksonExploring how politicians, the mass public, and cats are alike: They're all fickle, doing whatever suits them regardless of whether it makes sense, making life difficult for those who want to analyze them.
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Survey researcher since 2006. Political science PhD. Now Vice President at GQR and columnist at National Journal. Nothing that I write is speaking for any organization I have worked for in past, present, or future - I only represent myself.
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