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Harold J. Laski: “No clear policy emerges upon which the electorate can form a straightforward judgment.”

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No clear policy emerges upon which the electorate can form a straightforward judgment.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski points out the lack of clear policy in the American political system.

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