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Two political stories landed this week that are worth sitting with, and neither one of them is as simple as it first looks.

The Poll That Feels Like Good News Until You Do the Math

Fifty-five percent approval sounds strong until you remember it was sixty-three percent two months ago. That sixteen-point swing between Carney's rise and the Conservative recovery is the kind of number that changes how a room full of strategists sleeps at night. The panel breaks down what is driving it, what the NDP's quiet climb back to twelve percent means for where those votes are coming from, and whether the…

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