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    What Is the Overton Window?


    By THE MC Mackinac Center Blog, Section Multimedia
    Posted on Fri Jun 04, 2010 at 02:09:40 PM EST
    Tags: Mackinac Center; Overton Window; Glenn Beck (all tags)

    Overton Window Mackinac CenterThe Mackinac Center's late vice president Joseph Overton observed that when public policies in a given area, such as education, are arranged from freest to least free, only a relatively narrow window of options will be considered politically acceptable. This window of politically acceptable policies is not defined primarily by what politicians would prefer; rather, it is defined by what they believe they can support and still win re-election. Hence, the window shifts to include new policies or exclude old ones not when ideas change among politicians, but when ideas change in the society that elects them.

    Go to www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow to explore the idea and conceptualize shifts in the Overton Window with our interactive gadget!

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