undecideds
Voters still choosing
Undecideds are people who haven't made up their minds, particularly voters who remain uncommitted before an election: The candidates are fighting for undecideds in swing states.
Pollsters and campaign strategists treat undecideds as a crucial bloc whose late decisions can determine outcomes.
The word treats a state of indecision as an identity.
Showing unsteady resolve
- tornPulled into pieces
- conflictedEmotionally at odds
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
fence-sitting · hesitant · irresolute · wishy-washy · flip-flopping · dithering · shilly-shally · noncommittal
Unaffiliated persons or entities
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- persuadablesThose open to influence
- battlegroundLocation of armed combat
- pollsOpinion surveys or voting sites
electorate · turnout · margins · campaigns · canvassing · outreach · moderates · centrists
Those who answer queries
- surveySystematic data collection
- sampleSubset for study
- focus-groupMarket research gathering
- demographicStatistical population category
Legal decision-making body
- panelDistinct flat section
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- forumGathering place for discourse
- consensus-buildingCreating widespread agreement
holdouts · deadlocked · polling · caucus · quorum · abstentions · impasse · tie-breaker
wavering
Showing unsteady resolve
- tornPulled into pieces
- conflictedEmotionally at odds
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
vacillating · fence-sitting · hesitant · irresolute · wishy-washy · flip-flopping · dithering · shilly-shally · noncommittal · second-guessing
independents
Unaffiliated persons or entities
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- persuadablesThose open to influence
- battlegroundLocation of armed combat
polls · electorate · turnout · margins · campaigns · canvassing · outreach · moderates · centrists · undeclared
respondents
Those who answer queries
- surveySystematic data collection
- sampleSubset for study
- focus-groupMarket research gathering
jury
Legal decision-making body
consensus-building · holdouts · deadlocked · polling · caucus · quorum · abstentions · impasse · tie-breaker
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- canvassingcanvassers, knock, door knocking, door-to-door, canvass
undecidedspartisans
Staunch factional supporters
base voters · party faithful · true believers · die-hards · ideologues
- undecided voterPerson without candidate preference