Ted Rall, Google.alt.politics, February 13, 2008
HOUSTON–”The truly undecided voter is rare, say those who study the
psychology of voting,” Joe Garofoli wrote in The San Francisco Chronicle.
“Since neuroscientists say 90 percent of thought is unconscious, an
undecided voter may have already decided–he just hasn’t revealed his pick
to himself yet.”
Whether I’m a rare bird or a typical victim of self-denial, I didn’t know
how I was going to vote until election day–or, to be more precise, a
election minute. Roughly 15 to 20 percent of 2008 primary voters have had
similar trouble getting their unconscious to talk to them.
Most of the electoral procrastinators are conservative Republicans and
liberal Democrats–party loyalists whose influence has been diluted by
independents who vote in their primaries. As has been widely discussed,
conservatives were unhappy with the entire field of Republican presidential
contenders. Less noted but no less significant has been the effect of John
Edwards’ departure from the Democratic field.
Lefties don’t have a candidate.
Like most hardcore liberals, I had planned to vote for Edwards. I’m a
registered Democrat. I live in New York, a “closed primary” state. That left
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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There Should Be Blood: Liberal Democrats Left Out in the Cold
Ted Rall, Google.alt.politics, February 13, 2008
HOUSTON–”The truly undecided voter is rare, say those who study the
psychology of voting,” Joe Garofoli wrote in The San Francisco Chronicle.
“Since neuroscientists say 90 percent of thought is unconscious, an
undecided voter may have already decided–he just hasn’t revealed his pick
to himself yet.”
Whether I’m a rare bird or a typical victim of self-denial, I didn’t know
how I was going to vote until election day–or, to be more precise, a
election minute. Roughly 15 to 20 percent of 2008 primary voters have had
similar trouble getting their unconscious to talk to them.
Most of the electoral procrastinators are conservative Republicans and
liberal Democrats–party loyalists whose influence has been diluted by
independents who vote in their primaries. As has been widely discussed,
conservatives were unhappy with the entire field of Republican presidential
contenders. Less noted but no less significant has been the effect of John
Edwards’ departure from the Democratic field.
Lefties don’t have a candidate.
Like most hardcore liberals, I had planned to vote for Edwards. I’m a
registered Democrat. I live in New York, a “closed primary” state. That left
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Read More Here