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Some analysts believe that the outcome of the 2008 presidential election will turn on the way that the surprising number of undecided voters cast their ballots. Many analysts are perplexed that there are so many undecided voters this late in the campaign when there has been so much information on the candidates presented to the electorate.
I expect that a higher than expected number of the undecided voters will break for Obama. There is a strong possibility that the reason that there are so many undecided voters is that a number of people who would otherwise support the Republican candidate are internally split between their emotional preference for presidential candidate and their rational preference. Polls have consistently shown that Obabma supporters are more enthusiastic in their choice than McCain supporters. For these voters, the economic proposals from Obama are more attractive intellectually but the traditional values of McCain/Palin are more attractive emotionally. These people want to find a reason to vote for the Republicans but can not find the reason to do so.
Time will tell.