The discussion highlights the significant impact undecided voters play every two to four years, depending on the election cycle. Oscar points out how the outsized influence undecided voters have may be an overall detriment to democracy, as the issues that matter the most to this small slice of the electorate (whatever they may be) are magnified at the expense of the issues of importance to decided--or partisan--voters.
Read the report "Undecided Voters: Who They Are, What They Want, and How They Decide Our Politics"
https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/undecided-voters-who-they-are-what-they-want-and-how-they-decide-our-politics/
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