Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Capable of being persuaded or prevailed upon.
Wiktionary
- adj. Easily persuaded, convinced or manipulated
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. That may be persuaded.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being susceptible to persuasion
Examples
“First objective: to speak to so-called undecided swing voters, what we call persuadable voters, voters who may be leaning one way or another, but have not yet completely made up their mind.”
“Organizers are especially interested in talking with 10 freshmen House members that a prominent Tea Party-affiliated group has identified as persuadable on the question of continued U.S. involvement in Afghanistan: Justin Amash MI-3.”
The Huffington Post: HUFFPOST HILL - Obama Pulls Back On Social Security Cuts
“Organizers are especially interested in talking with 10 freshmen House members that a prominent Tea Party-affiliated group has identified as persuadable on the question of continued U.S. involvement in Afghanistan:”
The Huffington Post: GOP Lawmakers Planning Meeting To Explore Alternatives In Afghan War
“They know that for every outreach they make to the moderates, to the so-called persuadable voters, their conservative base needs to hear them hammer away at John Kerry.”
“The issues we want to hear from them will be significant, of course, because these are a representative group of other so-called persuadable voters around the country.”
“But the study did not focus on the small sliver of "persuadable" voters in each election who decide the outcome.”
The Huffington Post: Paul Hogarth: As Prop 8 Trial Concludes, Study Shows Risk of Rushing to Ballot
“Strikingly, Podhorzer said that his union's internal polls -- which push voters hard on the question of whether people are really firmly committed to their pick -- show that as many as "15 to 20 percent" of battleground state voters remain "persuadable," as he put it, despite what public polls say about the level of undecided voters.”
Top Obama Labor Supporter Warns Race Remains Volatile, Says Voters Lack Clear Sense Of Obama
“As Democrats push for a single Republican vote needed to give the White House a filibuster-proof Sen.te majority on financial regulation legislation, Tennessee Sen. Robert Corker remains at or near the top of their "persuadable" list.”
“As Democrats push for a single Republican vote needed to give the White House a filibuster-proof Sen.te majority on Tennessee Sen. Robert Corker remains at or near the top of their "persuadable”
“The DFL campaigns will now focus on those and other "persuadable" delegates.”
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