A few weeks back, NPR interviewed some supposedly undecided voters. Fortunately, at one point in a gushing Bush lovefest of an interview, the reporter called the interviewee out on being not really undecided. The guy was sent scrambling for some positive words to say about Kerry. Caught off guard, he came up with some lame and general positive "I think he's a good guy"-type praise for Kerry. The fake indecision cuts both ways.
I'm not convinced there really are undecided voters in this presidential election. The closest thing might be Democrats who don't like Kerry but can't stomach voting Republican and Republicans who don't like Bush but can't stomach voting Democrat. These people are not undecided; they are more loyal to a party label than their beliefs, and find it is catching up with them. There are also the apathetic, but in order to be an "undecided voter," I think you should, at a minimum, intend on making a decision.
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