How odd to be an undecided: In such a polarized election, clueless factor must be high
Posted on Fri, Jul. 30, 2004
BY JILL PORTER
Knight Ridder Newspapers
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It boggles my mind that in the midst of the most polarized campaign in memory, with starkly defined issues and candidates who are opposites, some people can't make up their minds.
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Is "undecided" just a euphemism for disengaged? Are they dolts who simply aren't paying attention? Or are they independent thinkers whose emotions can withstand the fierce pressure of political spin?
The truth is, it's deceptive to say they're undecided. Most are indeed dolts who aren't paying attention; most of them won't even vote. Nearly 80 percent of the so-called swing voters aren't paying much attention to the campaign, according to a Pew Research Poll released last month. The rest of them - the real undecided voters - don't strongly identify with either party or its ideology enough to be polarized into one camp or the other.
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http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/9281300.htmAccording to this view, Bush and Kerry are now competing for the clueless vote: how can we reach our dear friend Moronicus and his sweet sister Dementia?