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Mitt Romney: “I believe the point I made is the president starts off with a large number of the voters -- 47, 48, 49 percent…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2012
I believe the point I made is the president starts off with a large number of the voters -- 47, 48, 49 percent, something like that. These are people who are in his camp, and they'll vote for him, almost no matter what.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney discusses the voter demographics and his strategy to appeal to undecided voters.

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