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Also Known As	Overton window of political possibility

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Diagram illustrating the Overton window, with a vertical scale from 'less free' to more free. Policy ideas range from unthinkable and radical (politically unacceptable) outside the window, to acceptable, sensible, popular, and policy (politically acceptable) within the window.

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