Do you often wonder who these Fickle or shallow voters are that are polled by Companies hired by the different Networks and Cable News shows? I do, because everyone I know who does follow politics and will vote, picks the person they are going to vote for early and they never change or vary from that, short of the candidate dying or coming up with something really scandalous, and even then, it has to be proven before the person changes their vote.
Most voters are so dedicated to the seriousness as well as the priviledge of voting that they remain dedicated and committed to their decisions, in my experience. I know people who take their vote more seriously than they do the person they are marrying. Once our candidate is chosen we either help campaign for them in real or conversation or we shut off the negative that is out there against them.
People may be undecided early on, especially those who feel that they have to stay in one Party or the Other as well as Independents, but in my experience, they are not fickle voters. Lord help us if the polls are right and the voters are changing their minds and attitudes on nothing more than the T.V. and Radio ads or Conservative radio, Websites or Fox News.
It is humanely impossible, in my estimation, to even grasp that 1000 people would change their minds from one month to the next on the way they will vote and who they will vote for once the candidates are chosen. That leaves me asking if the poll takers call a certain section of the Country,the polls only have 10 people who are easily influenced by negative ads,the poll takers get hung up on when they take the poll so in order to get paid they fudge the numbers,the poll takers fail to make the calls and then do an estimate , or the poll takers simply add their own views to the numbers? I have known a very sweet person who did do the poll taking on a Gallup Poll, and in that instance, they did call the same people each week and it was a large poll.
Polls are interesting to me as it gives me an opportunity to ask myself just how really out of touch are these people who are being polled, at times? When they change to my views, then I congratulate the wisdom of the people. I am, of course, a devoted and loyal person to the people I will vote for in November, but then again, I am that way in everything I do, until I get lied to.
It’s difficult for me to believe that people would hate any candidate unless they do have the reputation of being a liar. I think we as Americans can and could forgive anything other than a bigot or a liar. Neither are true to themselves much less anyone else, so it becomes futile in the act of forgiveness not to mention emotionally exhausting.
So much established fact, is already out there that Romney and his campaign are both, but according to the polls his lies are changing the vote of the American people. It makes no sense to me unless we do have gullible voters in America who change their vote according to the direction the wind blows and I find that foreign to any voter I have ever known.
For that reason and that reason alone, I pretty much take the Polls for what they are and see them as interesting yet fraught with error. We Americans do want to vote for a winner and as long as Barack OBama is leading we will have a run away election, and for that reason, I do think numbers get changed on polls. I have never been one to go down a ballot and vote for a straight Party ticket but will for the first time this year. I have always felt to do that was the act of an uninformed voter. However, when we live in a State where those running are either Tea Party backed or Conservative to the core, it is just the opposite of uninformed, it is instead a wise decision to make certain they all are voted out of office.
Enjoy your day everybody and give the people that upset you a break as “what goes around comes around” is true. You never have to have a bad thought or lift a finger towards revenge, it just amazingly happens to those who are patient enough to wait and keep good thoughts.At the same token, it mostly backfires and reverses itself on those,who remain bitter or revengeful so on that note, I do wish you all a grateful day.
Great post…and thoughts that I have had myself. It is interesting when it comes to presidential elections because it really comes down to voter sentiment in about 14-15 states. You have the solid reds and blues every year and then a few swing states.