People are talking about undecided voters and how this mysterious group of Americans continues to claim they just can’t make up their minds about who to support for president.
Politics :
After President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid for president a mere 57 days ago, Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in to fill the void and take on Donald Trump in November. She immediately hit the ground running and had only 28 days to organize a campaign, unify the Democratic Party, convince the delegates to back her, select a running mate, start traveling the country to whip up support, and write an acceptance speech — all before the start of the Democratic National Convention in August.
Since then, she has impressively campaigned across the country, sat down for an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, filmed multiple campaign commercials, prepared for and participated in a debate, and raised more than $400 million — all while maintaining her duties as vice president of the United States.
By contrast, Donald Trump has barely ventured outside of his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida, has traveled and participated in only a handful of rallies, did little to no debate preparation, delivered a catastrophic debate performance opposite Kamala Harris, and raised only about a third of the money the vice president did during August.
He also chose the “weird” JD Vance as his running mate, publicly flip-flopped on whether he would or wouldn’t support a woman’s right to choose, flopped on the issue of race during an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago, lent his support (then denied it) to Project 2025, said children are undergoing transgender surgery during their school day, claimed Vice President Harris “wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison,” and announced that Haitian immigrants are “eating the dogs — the people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating — they’re eating the pets.” This all came after Trump admitted he would be a dictator “on Day 1” and that “In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.”
One would think that in comparing the sanity of Vice President Harris and the lunacy of Donald Trump — particularly after watching Ms. Harris all but mop the floor with Trump during the debate — the choice for president would be clear. However, somehow, it’s still not enough among an unimaginable amount of undecided voters!
According to Reuters, undecided voters are a major mystery in America this close to the election.
Last week prior to the presidential debate, Reuters interviewed 10 people who said they were still unsure how they would vote in November. Interestingly, 6 said afterward they would now either vote for Trump or were leaning toward backing him. Only 3 said they would now back Ms. Harris, while 1 was still unsure how he would vote at all.
One major complaint for undecided voters is that they wanted/expected to hear more about the vice president’s specific plans during the debate. Oddly, they seemed to not take into account how impossible that would have been when the candidates were only given 1-2 minutes during each response. Additionally, none of them mentioned Donald Trump’s lack of details, particularly when he said he only has a “concept” of a health care plan after promising to release one 9 years ago.
“I still don’t know what she is for,” Mark Kadish, 61, who works as an entrepreneur in Florida, said of Ms. Harris. “There was no real meat and bones for her plans.”
The dilemma of undecided voters has perplexed many Americans. In fact, it has some wondering if these confused citizens are legitimately bewildered, or about 98 cents short of a dollar (read: stupid).
Granted, voters have every right to support Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, or anyone they choose. However, with detailed plans listed on candidate’s websites for anyone to peruse, legitimate news organizations regularly reporting on the specifics of the day, and people seeing and hearing the candidates saying what they will/won’t do and what they do/don’t believe, it’s difficult to take this confusion seriously.
Are undecided voters for real this late in the game?
OK WASSUP! discusses Politics:
Are undecided voters legit in September?
Thank you DJ for doing a post on this topic and asking the question:
“Are undecided voters for real this late in the game?”
No.
And the American news media’s fixation on this ridiculous group irks me to no end.