Pre-poll surveys receive different reaction in the media among voters and political parties. For example, the more undecided voters are, the greater the role and effect of pre-poll surveys. Similarly, greater the decline of the party system, the more influential their role.
One day the "Don't Knows" will get in and then where will we be?
It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one.
Divide the floaters [undecided voters] into blocks of five and put a trusted man with necessary funds in charge of these five and make him responsible that none get away and that all vote our ticket.
Dudley acknowledged a letter but claimed this version with the instructions for bribery was a forgery.
It is no exaggeration to say that undecided voters could go either way.
One of the enduring myths of campaign analysis is that you can actually count the number of 'undecided' voters by asking voters if they are undecided or not. Sometimes, significant numbers of voters actually change their minds.
The hidden Trump vote in this country is a very significant proposition.
The undecideds could go one way or the other.
Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading "Confused.
We didn't want to waste time by sending our volunteers to Republicans; we sent them to the undecided.
There are a lot of undecideds in this country that are hopefully right of center, not left of center.
In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.
Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.
Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.
We target people who are genuinely undecided. It's not a good use of money to target senators who are flat opposed or who are already with you.
In most polls there are always about 5 percent of the people who 'don't know.' What isn't generally understood is that it's the same people in every poll.
Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.