All this just for them?

In spite of clichés about Nascar dads and Walmart moms, the actual share of voters nationally who are up for grabs is probably between just 3 percent and 5 percent in this election, polling experts say. The Obama and Romney campaigns are expected to spend on the order of $2 billion, in part to try to sway this tiny share of the electorate.


I’ll be glad when the whole thing is over.  There is also this:


In Virginia, for example, a large number of swing voters are concentrated in Fairfax County, just outside the District of Columbia…


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