Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word persuadables.
Examples
-
I spent my time talking to what the Obama campaign and Gallia County's organizers call "persuadables" - voters who had been Hillary supporters and needed a little extra work, Independent voters, or Republicans who at one time or another had been involved in a Democrat's campaign.
Fred Graver: Knocking on Ohio's Door -- My Amazing Weekend 2008
-
Overall, the share of these voters - sometimes referred to as "persuadables" - has barely budged from levels measured in June and September AP-Yahoo News polls, conducted online by Knowledge Networks.
News for WSLS 10 2008
-
Overall, the share of these voters - sometimes referred to as "persuadables" - has barely budged from levels measured in June and September AP-Yahoo News polls, conducted online by Knowledge Networks.
News for WSLS 10 2008
-
RAY SUAREZ: Amy, is it possible to measure the so-called, "persuadables" - how many are really out there?
-
"persuadables" - voters who had been Hillary supporters and needed a little extra work,
WordPress.com News 2008
-
"persuadables" - voters who had been Hillary supporters and needed a little extra work,
WordPress.com News 2008
-
Moreover, the Bush campaign sees Kerry's attacks as a sign of weakness and as an attempt to shore up his base -- a leftward tilt that could alienate "persuadables" in battleground states.
-
Riven by culture and partisan allegiance, the electorate is hardened into two blocs, which makes wooing "persuadables" one by one that much more difficult but that much more important.
THE GROUND GAME 2008
-
By Sunday, I'd "gone rogue" and went beyond the "persuadables" list, talking to anyone who was sitting on the front porch.
Fred Graver: Knocking on Ohio's Door -- My Amazing Weekend 2008
-
These were the real "persuadables," the key to the election.
DOWN TO THE WIRE 2007
-
Two canvassers walked a cul de sac in a Northeastern Pennsylvania town looking for “persuadables” — independent voters who might be convinced to vote for Democrats — and Erik Brandt, out resurfacing his driveway, offered himself as one.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.