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Old 10-14-2008, 11:50 AM   #980
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Originally Posted by Thunderball View Post
I don't think its a sham, but it means very little to people who don't care about fancy graphs and political position.

I think one would find most people identify themselves by particular positions, and not by political affiliation or perceived positions on the political compass. Which of course makes public choice theory more applicable.
It also assumes that people can be easily broken down into identifiable groups which I think is most likely a quantitative sham that doesn't really tell us much about the wide and complex variety of choices that each individual faces.
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