Down to, do you normally wait to look very in to pick your candidate, or are you waiting to see a few more campaign ads . Give us a call. Central, it is democrats, call 202 5853880, you can catch up on all social media pages on twitter. Atemail us journal cspan. Org. A good set of morning. A few recent headlines on the issues of undecided voters. Here is one. To the detroit, a recent column theathleen gray, who writes key to victory in november is undecided voters. She writes under its undecided voters are like gold. To this headline for the Bangor Daily News under crush of negative ads, undecided voters in maines second restrict appear district a pure key. Appear key. This is from the politico polling center. A few races with undecided voters. Here is the colorado governors race with 8 undecided voters in that race. The Colorado Senate race before that, 9 undecided voters. Minnesota governors race has 4 undecided voters. To an octoberng 14 through 16 survey. Senate race has undecided voters at 3 between al franken and mike mcfadden. Race is gubernatorial tight, 8 of the electorate there listed as undecided. On through several of the most recent polls that have come out. A few schools of thought on undecided voters and why they wait this long, and who they favor when they finally go to the polls to pick their candidates. The first summed up by ron fourier of the national journal, when he wrote that elections tend to break towards the challenger, because of undecided voters are by nature looking for a change. That is a recent piece by him in the national journal. On the other side of akamai counterargument comes from the looking atpost, undecided voters. The headline no, undecided voters dont break for the challenger. According to a study of five Competitive Senate races held few years, they tend to break for the incumbent more than the challenger. Challengers studied, only nine challengers took more undecided votes. The numbers suggest that as election day approaches, it matters less how below 50 they are, and more, whether they are beating their opponent. If these incumbents can keep it close or maintain a small lead, they can secure a win. Aaron blake had a story from in may this year. We want to hear from undecided voters. Are you an undecided voter . What will it take to get your vote . Call 202 central pacific, mountain or call 202 5853881. ,e can also take your tweets and will look for your comments on facebook and twitter as well. Though social media pages are open for the discussion. I want to read one more column, this from craig earlier this month from the news herald, out of michigan. What does the word undecided mean . That i cant make up my mind, or havent made up my mind yet . That im not ready to make a decision, or not going to tell you . Does it mean i havent got a clue, or something complete with different . That they truly havent decided to vote yet, and therefore can be swayed by lastminute electioneering. I dont, i really dont think theyre true undecideds out there. Instead, i think those who say they are undecided are either reluctant to make a decision until the moment they color in a circle on the ballot, or they have made their decision and arent going to tell anyone. We want to hear from you if you are an undecided voter. Which one of those categories do you fall in . We start with judy, from anchorage, alaska, where there is a Key Senate Race this cycle. Caller good morning. And youave your have to have your head examined if you havent decided at this point . Is there anything more than anyone is going to learn . I think its more about the voter than the election process. It is incredible to me with all the stuff that is on the internet, that you can reallys newspapers from all over the country, you can watch cspan. 10 billion commercials that are going on. I just see how anybody could not have made a decision by now. What party are you registered with, and how are you voting . Caller im a registered republican. And im voting republican. Host how do you think that race is looking for your party . Caller i do a lot of reading. I certainly hope that my candidate wins. Everything i read says that polling in alaska is a very difficult situation. I think it looks good for my candidate. He is a veryink nice man. Unfortunately, he has tied all of the programs of our president. He is genuinely a big supporter of our president very. I think he believes, lock stock and barrel. His heart is in the right place. He thinks president obama has the right solutions for our country. I just have a different vision of the public interest. That is why im not going to be voting for him. Host judy from anchorage, alaska. We want to talk to undecided voters. The small slice of the electorate that still hasnt picked a candidate this morning. We want to hear from you. What are you waiting for . What do you want to see, and when will you make your decision . Lots of talk about undecided voters on our Facebook Page this morning. In that the undecided voter is milquetoast and falls for just about anything. Below that, steve wright undecided breaking for the incumbent is good for democrats if it holds up. Popups all over the maps for Democratic Senate seats right now. Go blue. We want to hear from undecideds. Your thoughts on undecided voters. Whether you think of undecided voters are going to break one way or the other, for the challenger or the incumbent. Cycle, our phone lines are open. We are doing it regionally. If you were undecided, be prepared to talk about what party you may be registered for, and where you stand on which election we are talking about. House, senate, and Gubernatorial Races this cycle. A few recent headlines that had to do with undecided voters. Heres one from politico, the blog about joni ernst, the ublican smattering snubbing the des moines register. He skipped out on a scheduled meeting on thursday. Joni ernsts noting undecided voters. A spokesperson said the root this from the spokesperson, joni is barnstorming the state, visiting all 99 counties and talking facetoface with voters about the issues they care about the most. Recent editorials make their position in this race very clear, and it is one the many voters seem to disagree with. With less than 12 days to go, time is precious. Joni wants to spend every minute talking to undecided voters, hearing their concerns, demonstrating why we need a change in washington. If you are interested in how many undecided voters there are in that race, a new poll out thursday shows that ernst has a slender reed, a 2 lead. Poll, jonio that ernst leads 48 to 46 , with 4 of likely voters undecided. Plenty of stories as well about other polling in races around the country. This from the closely watched colorado race. Senator mark udall in a tough reelection race against republican cory gardner, a remember a member of the Republican Party. That internal poll from udalls camp shows that he holds a onepoint lead over cory gardner. Gives udall 45 to gardeners 44 among likely voters. 6 remain undecided. We want to talk to undecided voters. It is a small slice of the electorate. Back in the summer, we can show you where the undecideds stood, in which state had the most undecided voters. This from the university of minnesota. Their Public Policy center did a study of undecided voters in the states with the most undecided voters, heading into the key months of the election. Come up poll from january through midjuly. ,n that timeframe, in michigan in that the population senate race did not know who they were going to vote for. The next highest was iowa with 17. 6 . 15. 8 , west virginia, 13. 8 . Oregon, and North Carolina, other races. Withiana was the lowest 7. 4 undecided. Just 7. 4 in that race. Where Mary Landrieu is facing a tougher election battle. We will be talking about elections this morning. We will be talking later today about young voters and millennials. In the issues important to them. About key talking money battles with letter goes politico. I want to show you some headlines about some of the key moves in senate races around the country. The usb. Story from the ap and the fresno bee. The ap noting they are spending tens of millions of dollars for republicans, with one omission, the Georgia Senate race. The political director of the u. S. Chamber of commerce joined our newsmakers program, that will be airing on sunday. ,his is a bit of the director and why they havent endorsed the republican. [video clip] georgia is my home state, and we act him in the runoff. We surveyed georgia, and their advice was we stay neutral in this race. What we learned last time, after the 2012 elections, was that sometimes we should be measured by what we dont do. We reflect the will of our membership. Georgia has more Board Members than any other state in the country. Weve listened to our membership, and followed their correction of not taking a view in this race. There is a possibility that georgia could go to a runoff that would be decided in january. Do you see any chance of rethinking were reconsidering a decision not to endorse purdue . We look at each race individually. We will sit with our membership and get their views and opinions, and reflect the will of the membership. Should he go to a runoff, which at this point, and is likely. Host you can see that entire interview with robbing storm of the u. S. Chamber of rob engstrom sunday morning at 10 00, and also airing at 6 00. We are talking this morning about undecided voters. We will also open up the lines to others to talk about your candidate in this election. Who you are supporting in races around the country. We will keep those lines regional. Eastern and Central United states call 202 5853880, mountain and pacific call 202 5853881. We will take your calls about who is your candidate, but also if you are undecided, we want to hear from you as well. A few thoughts on undecided voters, this from carol holds on twitter. Many that say they are undecided at this late date are either uninformed or not interested in voting. Another tweet this morning, this saying undecided means an interested and not worth the time. Can say is i blame people. Will make much of a difference either way. To talke lines are open about undecided candidates or who you are supporting. Rn and central, rest 202 5853880, the call 202 5853881. The front page of the Washington Post today has a story on al franken, the former saturday night live comedian. Franken called debate a boring persona is the headline. To caution if it them eyes is a scripted politics in which the winners take all. His conversion to caution if you demises policies. He decided a strategic boredom was the way to turn him into a serious politician, focused on small bore policy. He won by three to 12 votes, but only after an extended recount delayed his swearingin by six months. Since then, franken has worked to perfect the pose of dull the diligent later. Legislator. One of the stories on the senate battlegrounds, heres the front page of the houston chronicle. Cornyn stands to gain clout in senate. Talking about john cornyn, the republican and member of the Republican Senate leadership, should he and the gop prevail. He would rise to the number two position in the Senate Republican leadership. That is in the houston chronicle. We want to get your calls. Election 2014, talking about undecided voters and asking who is your candidate. From lincoln,ic nebraska. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. What has been said about undecided voters, simply not wanted to say who they are voting for to a pollster. Im the furthest thing away from an undecided voter. I do think undecided are doing is simply waiting until the last minute to Pay Attention. Nasty, there campaigns are protracted and long. Its the equivalent of them the equivalent of going to do their Christmas Shopping the day before christmas. Make ast want to lastminute decision, not waste a lot of time. Host what party are you registered with, who are you voting for . Caller im independent, and im not voting republican. Host what are the key races you are watching in nebraska . Caller im watching all of them. Im watching the Gubernatorial Race and the senate race, and congressional race. The whole line yards. Host thats eric from lincoln, nebraska. We go to palmdale, california. Lynn, good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. I have been watching cspan for the last 20 years. Im a registered independent. I became a citizen in 2009. Im originally from the caribbean islands. , and my sun become decided to become an independent line became a citizen. But i have been voting ever sense. Im happy about that. I watch very closely across the country. Vote whomever i think is the best person to do the job. And i do read it. A pickup up publications to keep myself informed. We have a lot of different proposals coming up. That iad to make sure stay informed. I voted already. I did by mail. Host you voted already. What do you think about folks who are still listed as undecided . Do think they are not paying attention, or still waiting to hear more . Was trying really hard. The other gentleman pretty much summed up what i was going to say. I wanted to add, i dont want to be judgmental. There are a lot of people that are working very hard, to entry jobs, they are raising their children. They are busy. Understand if they dont have the time. Focusright now they will on it when it is closer. Payrs just a want to attention, and maybe just look for the soundbites. They get influenced by the television ads. Those i have a problem with. I think you should take the time to be informed. It is so critical, so important for democracy. Host thats lynn from palmdale, california this morning. A few more tweets. If people are undecided, its because we never get the best candidate for the job, only to the two parties want to promote. Or, people are, fed up with the political system and are voting none of the above. Thoughtso get your on undecided. The phone lines are open. They are split up regionally. Eastern or central, call 202 5853880. Mountain and pacific regions, call 202 5853881. Some sad news out of washington. , from athe olympian libya, washington. Two shot dead and four hurt in Marysville School shooting. Noting that a burst of left twon marysville students dead, for more wounded and a grieving community asking why . The shooter, a freshman athlete, took his own life after opening fire during the days first lunch period. A girl who has not yet been publicly identified. For the victims, all students, remain hospitalized. Three incredible, one in serious condition. You can see the pictures there from the daily herald out of washington this morning. On the issue of gun violence in america, an issue that has become a campaign issue. Heres a story from the New York Times today. A new tv ad puts the focus on guns. Michael bloomberg is injecting 1. 7 million into the closely contested race for governor in connecticut, with an ad drawing attention to the farreaching gun control bill signed by governor dana will i in the mass shootinghe at sandy hook elementary. Its a broader effort to aid candidates with bipartisan credentials that would make curbing gun violence a priority and is financing an ad supporting a strict gun control bill signed a 2013 with republicans support. The money is coming from mr. Bloombergs independence usa pac, which plans to spend twice a Million Dollars backing moderate candidates of both parties before the Midterm Elections. 25 million. Undecideding about voters. Lets go to tyrone, from North Carolina. Good morning. Caller good morning. Im calling in because people shouldnt be undecided. Only he have to do is go back for the last six years and see what the republicans have been doing. When children get killed in sandy hook, the nra told republicans they vote for gun legislation, they were going to beat them out. Up, theagedy that comes republicans use it for political gain, and thats not right. Ben ghazi, and ebola for political gain. They shutdown the government. Everything that has been going bad for the last six years, the republicans did it and blamed it on the president so they could win elections. ,ts not right to use tragedies human lives, for political gains. People should pray, make their minds up, and vote democrat. Have a blessed day. Host thats tyrone from North Carolina. Another facebook post, jay martin writes about undecided voters it is getting tougher to make a choice between the two parties. You always get the same outcome no matter who is in charge. There has got to be a better way. Lets go to bernard calling in from rochelle, georgia. Another key battleground state. Good morning. Caller good morning. Nunn,vote for michelle shes the best candidate. I urge all democrats to go out and vote for michelle nunn. Host how closely have you been following that race . Have you keyed in in the last couple of days or weeks, or have you been following it throughout . He months since the primary i think we lost bernard, but scott is waiting in youngstown, ohio. Thanks for taking my call. Im not going to vote for either. The Federal Reserve central bank owns both parties. We are being charged interest on funds being created of thin air. Its a big fraud. People did wake up. You just mentioned bloomberg. Hes as i honest traitor to america. A zionist traitor to america. That scott in youngstown, ohio. We are asking who is your canada, and europe thoughts on that slice of america your thoughts on that slice of america that are still listed as an decided undecided. Kim is up next in columbus, ohio. Caller good morning. Ohio,lling to say that in he is hiding. He wont do anything. Are of the republicans trying to do any debates down here in ohio. Anyway, im going to vote democrat. Hes let them drill in our state , guns could go in our schools and bars. And libraries. It kind of went kind of crazy down here. Hes taking all the money out of our schools, gave it to these private schools. I thought private schools were paid with private money. We have all of our counties down where he isally for, constantly going property taxes. Im going democrat all the way down. We are very motivated. We are coming to the polls. I cant stand seeing this no more. I love this country. And seein