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How many Americans are still undecided in this year’s election? Here’s why

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David Gergen : Most Americans are likely to support Kamala Harris or Donald Trump , but unsure if they will vote at all.

He says both parties focus on persuadable voters, but irregular voters are more likely to vote.

Gergen says most strategists in both parties don't believe one-sixth of voters are ambivalent enough about one candidate that they could still switch to the other.

Sally Kohn : Voters wavering between the two candidates split mostly into two camps.

She says the largest group may be the traditionally Republican -leaning voters uneasy about Trump .

The other big group of potentially persuadable voters are younger and minority voters who dislike Trump but are disappointed by their economic experience under Biden .

Kohn asks: How many of these irregular voters are available for the campaign to pursue?.

The infrequent voters on both parties’ target list have some common characteristics, other strategists say.

“A lot of what you are seeing in this electorate is: a) a lot of anger; but b) discouragement,” Page Gardner , a Democratic expert on voter turnout, said.