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Silent3

(15,271 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:10 AM Oct 2020

These "undecided voters" sure seem pretty stupid, but...

...are they more stupid than people resolutely committed to voting for Trump?

I suppose some committed Trump voters are smarter, they're just nasty people with twisted values. But the rest? They make the undecideds look like geniuses.

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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. I feel for them.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:14 AM
Oct 2020

I know what it's like being forced to choose.

Like the time I had to choose swimming in shark infested waters and getting a tattoo. I was like: how many sharks are there really? Won't the tattoo hurt?

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. When you can't figure out whether you want
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:15 AM
Oct 2020

to be bashed in the head or sit down at a good meal you must be pretty stupid.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
4. I don;t believe for one second there is any "undecided" voters, there are some waffling as always
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:16 AM
Oct 2020

but there is no one "undecided" at this point

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)
5. There are probably only 3 types of undecided voters
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:23 AM
Oct 2020

1) Those people that for whatever reason don't pay attention to politics
2) Those "shy" Republicans that know Trump is a bag of garbage but don't want to admit they are voting for him because they are closet racists.
3) Those that don't like both Republicans and Democrats.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
6. Very limited interest?
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:28 AM
Oct 2020

Newsweek gave the U.S. Citizenship Test to 1,000 Americans, for some reason (boredom?), and 38 percent failed. Twenty-nine percent couldn't even name the vice president! (Is it Jeff something? Or Josh?) How should we react?

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)
7. I'm Trying Not to Come Off as Condescending to Some of These Folks...
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:28 AM
Oct 2020

...but how is anyone still "undecided" at this point? What more are they looking for?

Seems to me the alleged undecideds are either:

a) actually decided, but is looking for an excuse to change his/her mind, or

b) looking for attention.

The former is actually a legit place to be upon further review, even now.

The latter? Yikes. Why??

brush

(53,871 posts)
9. Anyone undecided at this point after experiencing trump's America...
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:52 AM
Oct 2020

for four years is a full of sh_t, closet repug who doesn't want to admit it.

trump is the worst ever president and no one can deny it.

Silent3

(15,271 posts)
10. Oh, but they can deny it, or equalize it
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 01:04 PM
Oct 2020

It's not just pundits who do both-siderism. Plenty of American voters do it too.

No matter how awful Trump clearly appears, and such people will admit they see Trump's awfulness, they will automatically say to themselves, "Well, Biden seems much nicer, much more competent, more honest, etc., but I just KNOW that Republicans and Democrats are just as bad as each other, so Biden must simply be doing a better job of hiding how awful he is."

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
11. I would posit that they are lying. They are NOT undecided.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 01:10 PM
Oct 2020

If they were for Biden, they would say so, proudly.

They are ashamed to say they are for the turd, so they cop "undecided". Not to mention the attention they are getting... 15 seconds is 15 seconds. I'm sure they are taping every second they are on screen and will be showing it to anyone and everyone they can trap in a room, for YEARS.

This will, more than likely, be THE highlight of their life. Sad. Bigly.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
13. I kinda agree BUT the inverseis tru as well, members with in hard trumper household will be the
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 02:11 PM
Oct 2020

SECRET BIDEN voters. They have had enough of the bullshit pablum being willingly swallowed by their parents, brothers, sisters, husbands and wives

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
16. I don't know. Some people really are that flaky.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 02:30 PM
Oct 2020

I think the fact that there are far fewer undecided voters this time around is telling, but you could have Mecha Space Hitler vs Jesus Christ and 3-5% would have a tough time deciding.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
15. Just a way of getting media attention, to declare yourself "undecided" in this polarized mess.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 02:28 PM
Oct 2020

The existing choice is like night or day, hard booze or water, democracy or fascism.

There are no hairs to split in this election. One’s choice, whatever it may be, should be obvious.

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