Michael Lehman hasn’t been paying much attention to the presidential race. Most of his time is dedicated to attending classes and completing homework, so Lehman has been spared the constant barrage of negative attacks and non-stories of the candidates.

“I haven’t really seen the negatives,” said the freshman undeclared business major of the candidates. “I’ll be voting more or less on their views and what they’ll be doing rather than what they have done.”

He is undecided as to who he’ll be voting for in the upcoming election.

“I like that McCain has experience, but I like the youthful energy Obama provides,” he said.

And Lehman’s not alone: About 10 percent of voters are still not sure will be voting for Nov. 4, experts say.

“There are several reasons why someone might be undecided at this point,” said Matthew Streb, associate professor of political science, who pointed out that undecided voters are less partisan than decided voters. “Independents in particular may be saying ‘I feel more comfortable with Obama on the economy, but am still concerned about his lack of foreign policy experience.’ And, believe it or not, there are still some people who simply haven’t given much thought to how they are going to vote yet.”

Like Lehman, undecided voter Tim Ling hasn’t been following the presidential race.

“I just started keeping up with the debates,” the junior pre-professional major said. “I see positives and negatives on both sides.” Ling also agrees with Lehman in that being undecided with three weeks until the election isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

“I would say to wait and keep an open mind because you never know what new information’s going to come out,” he said.

Political Science professor Barbara Burrell said it’s possible that some undecided voters made up their minds after last night’s presidential debate, though that wasn’t the case the night of Oct. 7.

“If you watched the last debate, nobody really won,” she said.

McCain had a lot more at stake last night since he has been trailing in the polls, Burrell said.

While Obama could play it safe, McCain had to try extra hard to woo undecided voters, she said.

Whether or not he watched last night’s debate, Lehman knows he still has work to do.

“I think I’ll do a little bit of research just so I’m not one of those people who votes based on who looks better,” he said. “I want to find out about the important issues.”