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People who want a crystal ball on the November Presidential election take polls and some of these polls are extensive like when Morning Consultant canvased 44k people/citizens/voter(?) to give a synopsis of who's the best bet for GOPers to beat Hitlery - no surprise, it's Gov. K in a walk. More people in more States like the mailman's son and at this point, as all thoughtful people know, Kasich is the only Republican who can win. But there's one group of people that pollsters never seem to take into consideration when compiling winners and losers and ironically this group of simpletons are the ones who actually make the decision on who gets elected. I'm talking about the Americans who "Don't Know" or have no opinion on the matter - they just can't get it together to have a favorite candidate at this point in the campaign. They will decide some time in the nearish future - probably over the two weeks leading up to the first Tuesday in November but really aren't going to bother themselves about all of this bullshit until after Labor day and maybe not until after Halloween. They don't think there's much of a difference in the choices and it's all just a circus anyway where people lie and cheat and spend a lot of money making fools of themselves for the privilege of riding in limos, ordering around toadies and boot-lickers and passing laws.

Each of the two major political parties has a dedicated group of true believers that comprise roughly 37% to 43% of the voting public. They will vote for a Democrat or Republican no matter who gets chosen as the chief cheerleader for the cause. But there are always 15% to 20% of the great unwashed who Don't Know and not just about politics either - Coke vs. Pepsi gets about the same number of mushy, middle of the road, non-deciders. These Royal Crown Cola drinkers are the people that our elections hinge on and have the final say. They don't watch the news. They are not engaged in the process. They don't read the KOTCB blog. These people are tending their garden, throwing around the frisbee, sniffing a wine glass, petting their dog and spinning some classic vinyl on their turntable daydreaming about bedtime. They'll vote for someone in November but they probably won't know for sure who it's going to be until they draw the curtain in the voting booth. Making a prediction about what these Don't Know types will do in November is pure folly (and these predictions are always made by someone in the 37% die-hard group for a particular party) and nobody should do anything, political or otherwise, based on their non-opinion.

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