Robin Smith, former Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and congressional candidate.Early voting is under way in Tennessee and other states. The ballot is not too crowded in most areas, with only a few state legislative races, congressional races and the top-of-the-ticket choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to consider.
With relatively few candidates from which to select, and the seemingly tremendously consequential nature of this year’s election, it begs the question: Just how informed is the average voter?
My mind was prompted by a “Saturday Night Live” spoof on a political ad acknowledging the “undecided voter” in the presidential election. A smartly dressed, skeptical-looking female opens the ad declaring that undecided voters are “not impressed by political spin or 30-second sound bites; before you get our votes, you’re gonna have to answer some questions”.
“Questions like”… and the camera cuts to other “undecided voters” ticking off a few:
• “When is the election?”