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on how you define "likely voters".

I think the way "likely voters" have been defined by some pollsters lately has been, in a word, shit.

You can have your "Under God" back when I get my "Liberty and Justice For All" back.

by karateexplosions on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 12:38:57 PM PDT

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- LV to Me... (0+ / 0-)
  
  should mean someone who has voted in the primary, or in the past congressional election, or the past presidential election, and declares they plan to vote.
  
  At least that's how we do GOTV.
  
  "There's no housing bubble..." - Fed Chief Ben Bernanke, 10/27/2005
  
  by chuco35 on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 12:54:39 PM PDT
  
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  - That doesn't include most (0+ / 0-)
    
    newly registered voters, many of who have been signed up since their state's presidential primary. That is why the LV model is questionable.
    
    You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia".
    
    by yellowdog on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 12:58:28 PM PDT
    
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    - It probably also doesn't include (0+ / 0-)
      
      likely voters that that don't have land-line telephones.
      
      I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
      
      by beemerr90s on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 01:15:14 PM PDT
      
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