brooklynite
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Mon Mar-03-08 09:41 PM
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Recent polls have suggested that both the Ohio and Texas are tightening. However, both states are "open" or "quasi-open" primaries, allowing Independents and Republicans to participate, a pool of voter Obama has excelled at attracting. Do these polls take into account non-Democrats who may cross over?
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Mon Mar-03-08 09:43 PM
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1. yes, but they do so poorly and inaccurately. |
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Mon Mar-03-08 09:44 PM
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2. If they ask the questions as such |
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If the polling organization simply asks "Who are you going to vote for in the primary on March 4th..." then yes it would include anyone at that point.
My father is a registered Republican but has voted Dem his whole life. (Don't ask, he cannot explain it either.) But he has never voted in a primary. At age 60 tomorrow he is voting for Obama. Once he asks for the Dem primary ballot his party is switched.
If someone called him right now from a polling organization and asked who'd he vote for...even though today he is a Republican on paper...he'd say Obama.
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Mon Mar-03-08 09:49 PM
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the question is whether the survey filtering process ("Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican or an Independent") allows a voter to be asked a bout voting outside of their "official" primary.
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