Sentence examples for marginal voter from inspiring English sources

But do newspapers really still have such influence in defining policy and acting as a conduit to the marginal voter?

In 2008 and 2012, a great deal of attention was paid to the statistical precision of the Barack Obama campaign in its search for the marginal voter.

There is an interesting distinction, the Harvard political scientist Stephen Ansolabehere points out, between the generic non-voter and the "marginal voter"—the next person in.

"Last time around, the Republican candidate didn't get that marginal voter that's going to elect a Republican in the state, the pro-lifers and the Second Amendment voters," he said.

His allies admit Labour has not had time to engage with English marginal voters in the election, or to run an effective registration drive.

In recent Presidential election seasons, campaigns have shifted from general trawls of non-voters to precise expeditions for small groups of marginal voters, helped along by the new practice of micro-targeting.

Traditionally, Republican operatives scorn Democratic campaigns, which tend to be based on hiring hundreds of staffers to go door to door, getting marginal voters to sign up for absentee ballot requests.

One's overall impression is that while nothing can be taken for granted, the truly abysmal failure of a divided Brexit camp to present anything like a coherent case for leaving is beginning to affect marginal voters.

"However, if we don't deal with the situation," Mr. Coltart said, "if we don't establish what the facts are and discipline where necessary, there will be marginal voters who may question our ability to govern".

While the debates were a "good test of political leadership", Prof Curtice told the BBC that they had dominated the campaign and "not necessarily succeeded in reaching out to more marginal voters".

That means the path forward for Democrats needs to include mobilizing marginal voters, individuals who drift in and out of the electorate.