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Does it take that long to make up my mind on other things unrelated to politics? Depends. Depends on the number of reasonable,palatable options I have, the more of those I have, the longer it takes to solidify my final choice. I will almost always eliminate what I don't want before I come up with what I do want among the other choices. It is also highly dependent on when I must come up with a choice, if I am afforded time to make a decision, I take it. What is the rush? I like to take the time I need to find out as much information as I can so I can make the best decision, not the quickest.
Let me try to explain my current undecided status using scenarios. Let's say we get to the point where there are less candidates to choose from:
1- Rubio, Bush, Kasich, Paul, Christie: undecided, but not likely to vote for Christie
2 - Trump, Cruz, Carson, Rubio: Rubio
3 - Christie, Cruz, Bush, Kasich: undecided, but in this senario I would not vote for Cruz
4 - Cruz, Trump, Clinton, Sanders: Cruz
5 - Trump, Carson, Cruz: Cruz
6 - Trump, Carson: Carson
7 - Christie, Trump, Cruz: Christie
8 - Clinton, Trump, Sanders: Clinton
9 - Sanders, Trump: who's running for 3rd party?
I have until March 1st to make my final decision for the primary. I may make the final decision before that date but it will depend on who is still in the race.
I can't imagine being so tied to a candidate at this juncture. For instance, let's pretend Trump was the top of my maybe catagory. When he dropped out of that debate because he didn't like the moderator and then he got his feelings hurt by the station's snarky tweet, he would leave my maybe category straight into the "no way" category.
Look, no candidate is perfect, because they are mere mortals. My goal is to pick the one who will do the least damage. I am not alone in how I approach an election.
Okay, thanks. I eliminate everyone I will not vote for right off the bat (in my case US Senators) and then I look at accomplishments. I wouldn't vote for a candidate based on campaign promises. In fact, I could make my decision if they never campaigned. What always impacts me is my candidates getting eliminated before I vote. I have a second choice in mind if that happens but the likelihood is my second choice will be eliminated soon. I can early vote in less than a week.
I've been reading around and apparently polling is going to be a problem right before NH votes. Saturday is the debate, the Super Bowl is the next day, then the voting starts Tuesday morning. NH doesn't have early voting. So, no regular poll is going to be able to capture the debate outcome, easily.
Is it because he would have not made the debate cut? Otherwise, it's only a handful of days until NH votes.
I think it's more about a realistic assessment of his chances and the need to shore up his Senate run instead of wasting any more time or money on a lost cause.
I wouldn't be voting for him but I will miss him on the campaign trail. Occasionally crazy but an interesting voice nonetheless.
Let me get this "great" system of our of Caucuses.
Cruz gets 51,000 votes he gets 8 delegates
Trump gets 45,000 votes he gets 7 delegates
Rubio gets 43,000 votes he gets 7 delegates
Jeb Bush gets 5,000 votes and he gets 1 delegate? WTF!
Fiorina gets 3,500 votes and she gets 1 delegate also.
Do they give out 1 delegate for just showing up.....weird system......Jeb Bush must be thinking I'm only 7 delegates behind the winner Cruz, NO bad at all!.....lol
Um re cast ballots leaving it up to a coin toss makes it a fifty-fifty chance provided a fair coin is used.
There are no ballots in the Iowa Democratic caucus. Everybody gets in a group for a candidate and the candidate with the biggest group wins the precinct. If there are fifty people in each group no amount of re-counting is going to change that.
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leaving it up to a coin toss makes it a fifty-fifty chance provided a fair coin is used.