There are a LOT more going 3rd party compared to last time. Last time was less than 2% in the election and I think the polling had it around 2% as well. This poll is showing 11% for Johnson and Stein. That is a highly underreported shift in the electorate. The question is should we consider them lost voters or should we consider them as persuadable as the undecideds?
I don’t know when the term “virtue signaling” was coined, but I first heard it only in the past year or so.
It is exactly what third-party voters are doing. It is also what NeverTrump abstainers are doing. They are fundamentally unserious narcissists.
I’m betting Johnson and Stein don’t even get to two percent.
“The question is should we consider them lost voters or should we consider them as persuadable as the undecideds?”
I think most are “parked” voters, voters who are telling pollsters they are voting third party because they do not wish to admit they are voting for Trump. There may even be some that do not with to admit they are voting for Hillary.