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To: GonzoGOP
A 19 point spread among those most likely to vote...

No, it's a 19 point spread among those most closely following the elections. It's a nine point spread among those most likely to vote. (Ras only reports results among likely voters - in contrast to some of the other pollsters.) The two categories aren't quite the same.

37 posted on 10/18/2010 1:18:01 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93
The two categories aren't quite the same.

Sorry for the confusion I was making a distinction between likely and most likely. Obviously people who are closely following an election are virtually certain to vote. Others are simply likely to vote.
55 posted on 10/18/2010 3:25:21 PM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: justiceseeker93

“No, it’s a 19 point spread among those most closely following the elections. It’s a nine point spread among those most likely to vote.”

Ras polls LV - likely voters. My take is that those closely following the election are ‘most’ likely to vote. Turnout among that group will be very high and break greatly (+ 19) to the GOP. Then among the LV group it will not be as great a turnout (it’s a likely voter model) - but those who vote will still break quite significantly toward the GOP (+9).


63 posted on 10/18/2010 4:52:22 PM PDT by SeattleBruce (T minus 15 days to SMACKDOWN - Tea Party like it's 1773! Pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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