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COMPAS is a Canadian polling company. [1]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Culture of Haiti</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michel Martelly</span> President of Haiti and kompa musician (born 1961)

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  1. Page, Christopher (2006). The roles of public opinion research in Canadian government. University of Toronto Press. p. 172. ISBN   978-0-8020-9377-6.