(July 22, 2024 at 9:04 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:(July 21, 2024 at 11:59 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The treat is that the undecideds -- and yes, they're a proportion of the American electorate -- will now hear more of Trump's unhingedness. When it's the President who has cognitive issues, that sucks all the oxygen out of the room. When it's only a contender, the press will have more time to spend on it. More independents will hear the deranged stuff. And that will help some undecideds, you know, decide/
Between you and me, I'd like to beat all these "undecideds" with the oak limb that fell off one of our trees last week.
I don't believe it will work. If there are people who still consider trump to be viable option and not merely think whether to vote at all then I doubt that increased coverage of his idiocy will sway them. I don't think that people who don't dismiss trump as a choice can be reached - if they did not turned away from him by now they won't do it at all. At least such is my view.
Yet in virtually every poll of registered, "likely" voters, there's 3-5% who say "undecided". Sure, it calls into question their judgement for my money, but they exist. And this election is about turnout. Every percentage point counts.
