The alleged political wisdom is that there are people who will always vote Republican, people who will always vote Democratic, and a small number of swing voters. Candidates have to appeal to the swing voters to win. <\/p>\n
Among those swing voters there are the people who are undecided. This has always been a mystery to me. The parties are so far apart on so many things, it seems hard to imagine not being able to choose between them. <\/p>\n
Frank Luntz, who does focus groups for Fox News, cleared that up for me last night. <\/p>\n
When I consider a candidate or a party, I look at their policies. I don’t care that much about their style or personality. <\/p>\n
These undecideds are the opposite. They don’t care too much about policies. They want to know who they like, and who they can trust. <\/p>\n
It reminds me a little of the debates I used to have about various Christian denominations. I always focused on the doctrines of the church, but many people are more concerned about the quality of the child care during Sunday School, the friendliness of the people, the type of music they have in worship, and things like that. <\/p>\n
These undecideds want to know who they like and trust — Trump or Biden. And I can certainly understand how they would be undecided about that! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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