2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTHREE reasons why the "Undecided Voters" need to be called out and brought to task.
After 20+ years reading about the "Undecided voters" and their siren-like calls that get everyone in a tizzy I've come to realize the following.
The "Undecided Voter" is one of three things (or a sickening miasma of various parts of these things):
1) He/She clearly did not get enough attention as a child, and now seeks it like an addict seeks a fix.
"Pay attention to me!!! My opinion matters!! Woo me!!! I am relevant!!!!!! I am not going to be ignored!!!!!
2) He/She is actually a member of a political party, but is too craven to admit it. This stems from terminal pseudo-contrarian hipness disease (I'm disappointed in politician "x;" they didn't give me the sparklepony they promised me!) or the oh-so tiresome (REALLY TIRESOME) cliched, trite "all politicians are crap" line. The reality is they actually are associated with a party in their own minds, but do not have the testicular or ovarian fortitude to admit that they've been lying to themselves in their bid to "follow the beat of their own drum."
3) They are Low Information Voters. In this day and age, ignorance is not only NOT an excuse, it is civic crime of negligence the punishment for which should be to be holed up in the cramped room with Bachman, Coulter, Boehner, Cantor, and McConnell for the duration of the election season. Seriously-- people who "want to know more" before they make a decision should be a) publicly ridiculed b) shunned c) ignored. They are clearly a waste as a carbon-based life-form.
How do we rid ourselves of the Undecided Voters? Stop feeding them. In the end, this would require taking the Media, whose skin is thinner than that of an anorexic grape, to task for enabling these drains on society.
BTW-- Where is Lou Pearlman (sp?) when you need him...there's obviously a boyband member he missed who is now running for VP (that goddawful pic of Ryan, hand outstretched with a frownyface should be exhibit number 1 in the case against the Romney/Ryan ticket. It makes Dukakis in the tank look like the Sands of frikkin Iwo Jima.)
freshwest
(53,661 posts)They always return to the newest brand of GOP, be it TeaPartyBigots or RonPaulLibertarians. They just switch the names around and vote GOP in the end.
Independents are, more times than not, trying to too hard to be "too cool for school"...
The equivalent in my humble opinion to those who stress the "t" in often...