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The undecided voter is the myth journalists (Haberman, Swan) exploit to portray the electorate as malcontent, every candidate lacking. Its companion, the base, is dismissed as fanatic. #BrokenTimes
Where Joy Meets Anger: Harris and Trump Battle for Undecided Voters
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/undecided-voters.html?smid=tw-share
in reply to Jeff Jarvis

"if I ran a newsroom" my number one issue to repeatedly convey to readers is that there are more Democratic voters, Democratic policies are more popular, there is zero doubt that Kamala & Congressional Democrats will earn more votes — yet the control of the nation is a coin toss. I'd commission a national debate on the dangers of minoritarian rule, rooted in our (admittedly difficult-to-impossible to change) Constitution & compounded by Republican vote suppression.