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by earl 6203 days ago
All of the election polls that I'd seen predicting a 2-1 win also had 40-60 percent of the respondents not responding. That they all broke for Ahmadinejad seems... unlikely.
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Hello,

I am putting together information on the Iranian elections for a report I am doing on the political risks of international investment. The information that I have collected thus far indicated that the highest rate of non respondents in the indicated polls was 43%. That was the rate for the Washington Post poll. Would it be possible for you to share the polling data with me for the polls with non respondent rates higher than 43%. That data would be EXTREMELY helpful to me.

If 40% were undecided (leaving 40% / 20%), that still means that at least three quarters of all the undecideds had to vote against Ahmadinejad for him to lose.

I've not seen any polls with 60% undecideds.