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Independent vote in Ohio converted ordinary people (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoi polloi

'ordinary people' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'independent vote in ohio converted' is the wordplay.
'independent' becomes 'i'.
'vote' becomes 'poll' (polling is a kind of voting**).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'converted' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'poll'='ipoll'
'ohio' with letters rearranged gives 'hooi'.
'ipoll' inserted within 'hooi' is 'HOI POLLOI'.

(Other definitions for hoi polloi that I've seen before include "The common people - in Greece" , "The plain people in Greece" , "ordinary people" , "The common people generally" , "vulgar rabble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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