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2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

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1. Elections are more about mobilization than they are persuasion.

Reply to el_bryanto (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 09:13 AM

Aug 2015

It is more efficacious to identify potential voters who agree with you and get them to vote than it is to persuade voters who are disinclined to vote for you to vote for you.

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Electoral Calculation - The Base or the Undecideds? [View all] el_bryanto Aug 2015 OP

Elections are more about mobilization than they are persuasion. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #1

The undecideds who normally vote will decide the election. nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #2

That 19% that felt drawn to Perot in 92, and the young who feel screwed will decide this election... cascadiance Aug 2015 #3

Is It Undecideds? Or Independents? Stallion Aug 2015 #4

I thought about adding a bit to talk about undecideds el_bryanto Aug 2015 #6

Undecideds and the base decides elections NYCButterfinger Aug 2015 #5