Lately, Kurt Jurgens has been thinking about that new house – and asking himself whether he and his wife could still afford it if the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class are allowed to expire.
Pollsters estimate undecided voters make up a pretty small slice of the electoral pie. But presidential campaigns spend a lot of time and money trying to reach that tiny group of people, especially in a year like this, when a single-digit margin could decide who wins the White House.
In Illinois, pollsters estimate that undecided voters make up only four to eight percent of the electorate. What does it take to swing a swing voter? To find out, WBEZ is tracking a few of them up until Election Day.