likely voter

collocation in English

meaningsoflikelyandvoter

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likely
adjective
uk
/ˈlaɪ.kli/us
/ˈlaɪ.kli/
If something is likely, it will probably happen or ...
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voter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvəʊ.tər/us
/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a person who votes or who has a legal right to vote, especially in ...
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(Definition oflikelyandvoterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, there were some close elections that it missed, such as 1948, 1976, 2004, the popular vote in 2000, and thelikelyvoternumbers in 2012.
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Any of the latter were likely to work against the interests of a single candidate who hoped to attract support from likely voters for minor parties.
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In addition, while we suggest that party contacting may enhance the likelihood of voting, it is also possible that likely voters are more likely to be contacted by parties.
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Such votes are moving towards the maximum level of likely voters.
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This is generally a short and simple survey of likely voters.
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These polls usually focus on likely voters and the length of the survey varies on the number of messages being tested.
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However, certain pollsters additionally report results among likely voters in an effort to better predict the actual outcome of the election.
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One in ten likely voters are familiar with him and 1 percent intends to vote for him.
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In the case of political polls, such participants might be more likely voters.
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The poll's margin of error for likely voters was plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
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For instance political polls are best when restricted to likely voters and this is one of the reasons why web polls can not be considered scientific.
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