(July 22, 2024 at 10:34 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:(July 22, 2024 at 10:23 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: 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.
I do not question existence of undecided (though I suppose small percentage of said undecided is simply lying about their voting preference). If people are undecided at this point then I would say that they simply don't give a shit and thus increased coverage won't work because they base their decisions on random things; people who are undecided now will vote on trump or Harris cause of price of pork in Tajikistan, cause stars were in right/wrong alignment or maybe because they did not get to pet neighbours dog.
I don't think that more trump in media will bring disaster. I'm simply not convinced that it will bring new votes against him as his insanity has been in plain view for years.
A lot of voters literally vote at the last second. The last memory those voters have of a candidate matters.