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Vavreck, in The Message Matters, does not discuss partisanship at length. How might the two different understandings of partisanship influence your assessment of Vavreck’s argument (if at all)? In other words, how would a fuller discussion of partisanship reinforce or weaken Vavreck’s typology of campaigns and her estimates of the consequences of campaigns. Also, please be certain to compare and contrast the standard view of partisanship with the alternative view of partisanship (and specify which perspective you find more persuasive and why you find it more persuasive). If you can, discuss what additional type(s) of analyses might Vavreck have undertaken to more fully explore the implications of partisanship for her argument.