@drea_m_r_76 It’s just reading the research and analyzing it. I will put my sources below. I tend to prefer academic sources and try to rely on articles as little as possible, but I do not have good access to academic research right now.
References:
New America. (n.d.). Undecided voters: Who they are, what they want, and how they decide our politics. Retrieved from Undecided Voters: Who They Are, What They Want, and How They Decide Our Politics
The Journalist’s Resource. (2016). The profile of undecided voters: Research roundup. Retrieved from https://journalistsresource.org
Mullainathan, S., & Washington, E. (2006). Sticking with your vote: Cognitive dissonance and voting. National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w11910
Krupnikov, Y., & Ryan, J. B. (2022). The other divide. Cambridge University Press.
Beasley, R. K., & Joslyn, M. R. (2001). Cognitive dissonance and post-decision attitude change in six presidential elections. Political Psychology, 22(3), 521–540. https://doi.org/10.1111/0162-895X.00254
Mullainathan, S., & Washington, E. (2006). Sticking with your vote: Cognitive dissonance and voting (NBER Working Paper No. 11910). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w11910
Lewis-Beck, M. S., Jacoby, W. G., Norpoth, H., & Weisberg, H. F. (2008). The American voter revisited. University of Michigan Press. The American Voter Revisited
Schaffner, B., & Soler, C. (2024). How will undecided voters affect the presidential election? Tufts Now. Retrieved from https://now.tufts.edu
FiveThirtyEight. (2024). The invisible undecided voter. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com
Galdi, S., Arcuri, L., & Gawronski, B. (2008). Automatic mental associations predict future choices of undecided decision-makers. Science, 321(5892), 1100-1102. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1160769
Ha, S. E., & Lau, R. R. (2015). Personality traits and correct voting. American Politics Research, 43(6), 975-998. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X14568551
Kincaid, K. M., Ma, A. C., Rast, D. E., & Hogg, M. A. (2024). That’s my autocrat: Self-uncertainty elevates support for autocratic leadership during Canada’s Freedom Convoy. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12414
Kakkar, H., & Sivanathan, N. (2017). When the appeal of a dominant leader is greater than a prestige leader. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(26), 6734-6739. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1617711114
Jost, J. T. (2017). Ideological asymmetries and the essence of political psychology. Political Psychology, 38(2), 167-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12407
Miller, S. V. (2017). Economic threats or societal turmoil? Understanding preferences for authoritarian political systems. Political Behavior, 39(2), 457-478. Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Understanding Preferences for Authoritarian Political Systems | Political Behavior