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Reminds me of that SNL skit he was in: https://youtu.be/7AWuBh1MbbM?si=UVg016Prcl9WbYYB

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[–] GladiusB -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you drastically underestimate how many undecideds are in the county and sit and say nothing. There are many people that don't decide until the day of. Go vote and don't take it for granted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Undecideds are drastically overestimated. People who poll undecided with such polar candidates may feel disillusioned by both candidates or they prefer a candidate that is outside of what their family or demographic prefers and they feel conflicted about it. If someone is so truly apathetic about these candidates they aren't going to bother to vote for either. Passionate voters are bad enough about showing up to vote. Very few of these people are going to suddenly resonate with a candidate based on positive or negative campaigning. I really think it's all about nudging the ends of the bell curves on voter turnout for either party.

[–] GladiusB 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is not factual. It's blatantly been proven wrong. I did a paper about it in college. A vast majority of the voting population is undecided.

https://www.dataforprogress.org/insights/2024/5/30/measuring-the-swing-evaluating-the-key-voters-of-2024

There is only about 20 percent total of voters that are always on a side. Many can swing either way for many reasons and many don't decide until the last two weeks.

This sort of disinformation leads people to a false sense of security and sways people not to vote thinking that it's already locked up. That is not the truth.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every time I hear about these mythical people who don’t know a thing about politics until right before an election I envy them.

[–] GladiusB 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean it's how a lot of people operate. Just paying very little attention to anything other than what is important to them.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 1 points 1 month ago

I know, I see them doing that while driving all the time.