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To those preaching to the choir.. (Original Post) speaktruthtopower Oct 2016 OP
Find an issue that is important and relevant to them csziggy Oct 2016 #1
Have they watched the debates? jberryhill Oct 2016 #2
If I met an undecided voter, the first thing I'd tell them is that I'm fresh out of attention. BobbyDrake Oct 2016 #3
I would be shocked if I met an undecided. NCTraveler Oct 2016 #4

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
1. Find an issue that is important and relevant to them
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:13 PM
Oct 2016

Then tell them how the candidates' stands will affect them. Or how the candidates' histories are relevant.

For instance a while back I was talking to a young man who is starting his own business. He was undecided but trending towards Trump. So I talked to him about Trump's horrible history of stiffing small businesses and how Trump hates to pay the agreed upon price for services. And I brought up the thousands of lawsuits against Trump for that kind of thing. That really disgusted the man!

Since he was not that impressed by Hillary Clinton, I didn't try to change his thinking other than to tell him that she's been the target of Republican hatred and investigations since the 1990s and nothing has ever been found that she has done wrong. He said something about Benghazi and I told him there have been 9 different investigations and not one charge resulted from them.

I don't know for certain that I changed him from a trending Trump voter but I did get him to start thinking.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. Have they watched the debates?
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:23 PM
Oct 2016

If not, find them on YouTube and watch them.

Also, having them watch an entire Trump rally speech is effective.

Then ask, does that seem like the kind of person who should be president, even if you agree with some of his positions?
 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
3. If I met an undecided voter, the first thing I'd tell them is that I'm fresh out of attention.
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 05:25 PM
Oct 2016

The second thing would be to call them a liar about being undecided.

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

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