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Removed global tag and cleanup tag. Most of the USA references have been either removed or adjusted, and there are references to other countries political systems. Gave the requested once-over from above. Other than citiations the article appears to be in ok shape. --Infero Veritas (talk) 16:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Third Parties

I don't see how the issue of 3rd parties is directly related to swing voters. Even 3rd parties have voters who always vote for their candidate. Some swing voters never vote for a 3rd party, because they feel they're wasting their vote (except in those rare cases where polls give a 3rd party candidate a real chance). There are many other possibilities that are beyond the scope of this entry.Bostoner (talk) 01:31, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear

I don't know how to reword this, but it doesn't clearly distinguish between a swing voter and an undecided voter. According to the Washington Post Glossary official published election results], a swing voter is a "voter who is not extremely loyal to a particular party and may cross party lines to select a candidate." This is different from an undecided voter, who has not decided how to vote at any given time during the election season. I'm not sure if I agree with their definition. I would substitute "extremely" with "very", since under some circumstances, almost every voter could cross party lines. Bostoner (talk) 01:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Low Information Voters Redirect

All swing voters are not low information voters. Some Swing Voters are low information voters. A single page is therefore not an accurate representation of the phenomenon.

Additional Information : Low information voters

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