[ElkGroveDan]

No you and I are on the same page. Those are the $64,000 questions.

My issue is with the pundits who have this tidy 1/3-1/3-1/3 model with the same people dutifully pulling the lever each time and everything swings on these high and mighty middle voters who change their minds now and then. The non voting 50%, to them, is the same individuals each year who are totally irrelevant. It just isn't that simple.

[Miss Marple]

I agree. An weird example of this occurred in Indiana. Our governor recently got the legislature to pass Daylight Savings Time. Before this spring we did not change our clocks like the rest of the country did. Quite a few people were upset by this, and it was an issue that the democrat congressional candidates used, even though it had nothing to do with Congress.

A LOT of people went to the polls and voted against Republicans because of this issue, and this was a motivator that got people to the polls.

Yes, they were being petty and stupid, but as I said before, their votes counted just as much as those educated voters.

[Miss Marple]

I would enjoy discussing this more, but I have to get up early tomorrow. Please ping me if you see anything relevant to this topic, and I will do the same for you.