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Slate's Explainer: Pollsters and the 'Likely Voter'

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains how pollsters determine who is a "likely voter" in the upcoming presidential race.

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Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.
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