What is With These Undecided Voters?

We are less than two months away from the elections, and still there are undecided voters out there.  In this age of seeming information overload (TV, social media, newspapers, billboards, internet, podcasts, radio, YouTube, ads in theaters, posters on bus stops, advertising on public transports, I could on) I don't see how anybody could still not know who they prefer more (Harris or Trump).

I mean, this is the third time that Trump has run for President-- and people should be well aware of his impeachments, convictions, lies, January 6, stolen documents, greed etc.  First of all, there are people who are definitely not voting for Trump, but they still can't bring themselves to vote for Harris-- people like Bret Stephens of the New York Times.  In an op-ed titled, "What Harris Must Do to Win Over Skeptics (Like Me)." -- Stephens complained that Harris must do more for him to get over his "unease."  On an appearance on Bill Maher's show, he whined further, saying that he couldn't vote for her unless she sat down for a "real" interview (heard of CNN, Bret?). Fellow panelist Stephanie Ruhl took him to task, telling him, "When you move to Nirvana, give me your real estate broker's number, and I'll be your next door neighbor.  We don't live there!"

She ribbed him further, saying "For the last two weeks, I've been going on and on--  trying to figure out who informed  undecided voters are.  Who's the person who has a list on their refrigerator and goes 'she said this' and 'he said this'-- who is this person?  And then I opened the New York Times three days ago, and (referring to Stephens) I realized it's you!"

And then there's another kind of fence-sitter:  queer Gen-Z pop singer Chappell Roan.  In an interview with the Guardian, she said, "I have so many issues with our government in every way . . . There are so many things that I would want to change.  So I don't feel pressured to endorse someone.  There's problems on both sides.  I encourage people to use your critical thinking skills, use your vote-- vote small, vote for what's going on in your city."   Well that "problems on both sides" approach from an ardent supporter of queer culture and drag performers isn't sitting well with a lot of her fans.   One of her followers said on social media, "Pretty sure there's only one side painting drag queens out to be pedophiles and trying to outlaw gay marriage and trans people existing.  Such a flop ass answer.  The worst kind of political opinion-- indifference."