Talk:Swing vote

Tag Change

Removed global tag and cleanup tag. Most of the USA references have been either removed or adjusted, and there are references to other countries political systems. Gave the requested once-over from above. Other than citiations the article appears to be in ok shape. --Infero Veritas (talk) 16:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Third Parties

I don't see how the issue of 3rd parties is directly related to swing voters. Even 3rd parties have voters who always vote for their candidate. Some swing voters never vote for a 3rd party, because they feel they're wasting their vote (except in those rare cases where polls give a 3rd party candidate a real chance). There are many other possibilities that are beyond the scope of this entry.Bostoner (talk) 01:31, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Unclear

I don't know how to reword this, but it doesn't clearly distinguish between a swing voter and an undecided voter. According to the Washington Post Glossary official published election results], a swing voter is a "voter who is not extremely loyal to a particular party and may cross party lines to select a candidate." This is different from an undecided voter, who has not decided how to vote at any given time during the election season. I'm not sure if I agree with their definition. I would substitute "extremely" with "very", since under some circumstances, almost every voter could cross party lines. Bostoner (talk) 01:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Low Information Voters Redirect

All swing voters are not low information voters. Some Swing Voters are low information voters. A single page is therefore not an accurate representation of the phenomenon.

Additional Information : Low information voters

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