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Angus King: “I suspect you would see that there is a direct correlation between partisanship and low esteem.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I suspect you would see that there is a direct correlation between partisanship and low esteem.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King discusses the relationship between partisanship and the esteem of Congress.

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