Is "I haven't decided who I will vote for"?

[edhopper]

Really "I am embarrassed to say I am voting for Trump"?
I mean, at this point, what more is there to see?

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I think you nailed it, ed.

[Figarosmom]

2. If someone said that to me

I'd tell them not to bother voting

[bif]

3. Absolutely.

[SomedayKindaLove]

4. Maybe it means they shouldn't be voting

It’s ok to not vote if you have no fucking idea what you are doing.

[ret5hd]

5. i think "Pay attention to me!!!" applies.

lonely and emotionally stunted.

[lindysalsagal]

23. Agreed. Too childish to understand or care that the gangster is deplorable.

[TheProle]

6. Not necessarily

Every undecided voter is an opportunity.

[pat_k]

10. Yep. Some thought in my post below.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219474593#post8

[dameatball]

7. Yup.

[pat_k]

8. For some I think it's:

I live in a place surrounded by Trump voters. They all talk about how great he is. He must be ok for so many people I know to be for him, but I'm not really seeing it. But I'm just too damn busy with work and the kids to watch those FOX News shows everybody talks about. I'm hearing so many different things about Kamala I don't know where I would even start to find out who's right, even if I had the time. I don't know where I can find information I can trust.

Perhaps the person is kinda hopin' information comes their way without effort. And who knows? Maybe it will. Perhaps a personable pair of Harris canvassers braving a red district listening to their concerns, answering questions, and above all, not looking at them like they're an idiot for being ambivalent.

However, if no information comes their way that gives them a reason to vote for Harris, they probably don't bother voting or they go with the social consensus where they live and vote for Trump.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Or...

What I've seen as an election judge for years...

They don't bother to think or plan for any of the votes they will cast for any of their candidates because they share the same dog-eared mailer that they get from their pastor in the mail telling them who to vote for every election.

Though I have remarked that such sharing of political literature is electioneering and forbidden at a certain point in the voting area. I was told not to rock the boat by our chief judge.

And it infuriates me.

Any ideas? Except telling me to quit?

SMDH!

[lindysalsagal]

24. Please don't quit! We need you!

[spooky3]

31. Do you have any confidence that the person to whom you

Would report the problem would actually do something about it?

If so, I think you should report it.

Thank you for toughing it out all this time.

[littlemissmartypants]

36. This year we do have new officers. They might do something.

I'd have to report it anonymously, maybe. IDK. I don't want to be seen as a trouble maker.

I live in a small town and have a high profile. I want to maintain my bank of social capital that I've built up over the years. That's what helps me get things done.

I'm sure many know because it's been happening for years. That no one has ever done anything about it speaks volumes.

To me it's like the perpetuation of illiteracy. No one advances and more and more fall behind. It really needs to stop. But I feel helpless.

[pat_k]

32. Certainly there are those who are "undecided". . .

. . .until given instruction by some authority they have given their power away to.

Or some "voter guide" impersonating that power, like this one.

[raging moderate]

33. Or they are SECRETLY for Harris, but are SCARED of somebody there.

You never know what is going on privately in a marriage, or a job, or a friendship, or a family relationship.

[2naSalit]

9. I used to say that to people...

Because it's none of their business, it's a secret vote. I was taught that it wasn't anyone else's business who I vote for.

Maybe they're saying, "Mind your own business."

[Rstrstx]

11. It was in 2020

If you look at the polls in 2020 Biden’s numbers were very close to what he actually received while Trump’s final numbers were several points higher than what the polls predicted. Those “undecideds” broke heavily for Trump. I don’t think they were undecided at all.

[Joinfortmill]

12. It's scary who in our lives is voting for the rapist.

I'm an old lady, and I finally accept we really don't know, with a very few exceptions, who the people around us really are.

[world wide wally]

13. Maybe the thought process is something like this?

Hmmmmm.... If I vote for Harris, Trump will have me killed...
Can he do that?

[DENVERPOPS]

14. I have known

countless wives of Republicans, who truthfully don't know, until their Republican husband tells them exactly who to vote for......

A large number of those wives would say the exact same thing, almost like it is a Republican Male Talking Point, and that is:

"I take care of the house and kids, he takes care of the political stuff and the money... AND then, a number would say:
"I am not smart enough for the political stuff or doing the money stuff"...............

[homegirl]

22. You describe

the present day American Tragedy!

[lindysalsagal]

25. That's exactly the kind of women gqp men want.

[onecaliberal]

15. Yes.

[kimbutgar]

16. If you don't know by now you are a special kind of stupid!

[Orrex]

17. I've met many "undecided" "independents" over the years

All of them staunch conservatives with heavy overtones of racism & bigotry.

I'd be amazed if any of these "undecided" "independents" ever voted Blue, and it's astonishing that CNN keeps finding "undecided" "independents" to fill their focus groups and then, as a chorus, recite things like "I just don't think Harris has a plan, so I'm leaning toward Trump."

[lindysalsagal]

26. I believe you are correct.

[markodochartaigh]

18. We have a culture in the US

of not talking about issues. Just "don't whine about it, don't talk about it, just do it". There are some people who can tell you the favorite breakfast cereal of every member of their sportsball team, their shoe size, and their stats, but don't know, or want to know that payroll taxes fund Social Security, that Trump and Putin had meetings where nothing was recorded, that, even after adjusting the baseline from 1780 to 1850-1900, the climate is still at least 1.2°C warmer, or that undocumented immigrants have a lower crime rate than native born citizens.

Ignorance is one of the Achilles' heels of democracy, and there is a segment of the population which is genuinely, and proudly, ignorant.

[Warpy]

19. No, it means it's someone who never decides until s/he gets into the voting booth,. all alone

Some people are just like that. I know a few of them. I've learned not to engage them on the subject. Engagement is useless.

[barbtries]

21. good question.

or I know I'm voting for Kamala but afraid you'll pull out a gun and murder me if I say so out loud?

[JustAnotherGen]

27. They are lying

And being an attention whore.

[surfered]

28. I'm reminded of the great David Sedaris comment about undecided voters in this election....

“To put [undecided voters] in perspective, I think of being on an airplane.

The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. ‘Can I interest you in the chicken?’ she asks. ‘Or would you prefer the platter of sh*t with bits of broken glass in it?’

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”—

[PJMcK]

29. My view

They are idiots.

If they don't recognize the stark binary choice then they are stupid.

Alternatively, if they're hiding their vote for Trump, they're stupid.

Either way, they're idiots. Just like Trump.

[birdographer]

30. Wow did you get this right

Anyone on the fence about trump is for trump. It's like "Do you want to die in poverty or lift yourself up and live a good life?"

"Gee, I don't know."

[3catwoman3]

34. At least for some, it's a way to avoid taking crap for whatever...

…their real preference is.

[LoisB]

35. Exactly!