The final undecided voters could sway the election. They’re not wild about the choice.
Procrastination is usually frowned upon, but in a narrowly divided presidential election, voters who have put off making a decision until the last minute could find themselves with the power to decide the future of the country.
Procrastination is usually frowned upon, but in a narrowly divided presidential election, voters who have put off making a decision until the last minute could find themselves with the power to decide the future of the country.
Both campaigns and their outside allies have spent millions of dollars trying to find and reach the relative handful of dawdlers, late deciders and genuinely torn voters who are still undecided about how (and whether) to cast their ballots — precious needles in the gargantuan haystack of the American electorate who often have little interest in being found by political campaigns and have major problems with one or both major parties.
The ranks of the stragglers are dwindling quickly. In NBC News’ early October national survey, just 4% of registered voters said they didn’t want to make a choice between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. When NBC News contacted 40 of those again this week, 17 agreed to interviews and just five said they were still making up their minds.
Of the ones who have decided since surveyed three weeks ago, seven said they are voting for a third-party candidate or plan to write in another name. Two declined to share whom they plan to vote for. One said they plan to vote for Trump, another that they are likely to vote for Harris, and another plans to not vote at all.
Late-deciding voters broke for Trump in 2020 and 2016, with some analysts and strategists in both campaigns crediting late deciders for electing Trump eight years ago.
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