If You Wanted to Effectively Measure the Imprint of Presidential

If you wanted to effectively measure the imprint of presidential action, you would compare __________.

A) the state of the world that the president would prefer and the one that existed after the president acted
B) the state of the world that existed before the president acted and the one that the president would prefer
C) the state of the world that existed before the president acted and the one that existed afterward
D) the state of the world that exists after the president acted and the one that would have existed had the president not acted at all