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This is the undecided voter: a figure of hair-pulling frustration, the man whose face you want to dunk in the tub of butter pecan

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A common consensus about the undecided voters is that they must be either “enormously stupid or willfully ignorant,” says Frida Ghitis .

Ghitis: The majority of Americans likely can’t comprehend how anyone would look at Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and see gradients of gray.

She says the indecisive are afraid to make a choice, because they worry about the consequences, so they stall in all kinds of ways, including by seeking more and more information.

David Gergen : Some undecided voters are either very, very partisan, or can't tolerate ambiguity.

He says the more issues you take into account, the more liable you are to be indecisive.

Gergen says undecideds often sound more like consumers, focused on what they could see and feel in their own lives.

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