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FROM THE ARCHIVES

15 YEARS AGO

November 2004

“Voting for president is a lot like sex—and not just because it takes place every four years in the solitude of a semi-private booth. Both are intensely personal activities that nonetheless can have profound public consequences. We might add that both often involve drug-and-alcohol-fueled delusions and morning-after feelings of guilt, shame, and recrimination.”

THE EDITORS

“Who’s Getting Your Vote?”

“The answer

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