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The Leadership Conference tries hard to convince itself that Americans support the Voting Rights Act

October 21, 2014 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

Everyone knows that pollsters can design questions that elicit the results they want. Indeed, even very subtle changes in poll questions can show that Americans either support or disapprove of any particular person or policy. That’s why reputable polling organizations take great pains to develop questions that are nonpartisan and objecti ...