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• The power of the voting bloc
  Pollsters are pointing to women, youth, the faithful and the unmarried as important voters in the next presidential election.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  John Della Volpe: Founder and managing partner of SocialSphere Strategies. He is also director of polling at Harvard Institute of Politics.
  David Hill: Writes a weekly column on polling and campaigns for The Hill, a newspaper for and about the United State Congress. He is also director of Hill Research Consultants, a public opinion and marketing research firm.
  More from MPR
  A pollster's perspective on Election 2008 (11/09/2007)
  Former Sen. Mark Dayton previews Election 2008 (11/08/2007)
  Minnesota's place in the political universe (11/06/2007)
  Democratic analysts size up their presidential field (11/06/2007)
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  About Volpe
  About David Hill
• The politics of science
  Though science is often thought of as objective knowable truth, one journalist is concerned about the way politics influences how science is done and how it is shared with the world.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Chris Mooney: Washington correspondent for Seed Magazine and the author of "storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming," and "The Republican War Against Science."
  More from MPR
  Putting the popular in popular science (07/13/2007)
  Resources
  About Chris Mooney
  Seed Magazine: "Dr. President"

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