You’d have to have been hiding in a fallout shelter the past month to have missed the last two presidential debates – if only for the fact that all your favorite TV shows were cancelled on both nights.

And as dry and dull as they may have seemed, Jennifer Bandy, the President of College Republicans at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., said it’s actually considered cool among her peers to keep up with what the candidates are talking about.

“We host large debate watch parties,” Bandy said. “Hundreds of students have shown up for each debate, including the vice presidential debate. I think it’s trendy to be interested in the election this year.”

Because New Hampshire continues to be such a hotbed of political activity and remains a battleground state – although we only have four votes in the Electoral College – Bandy also thinks the outcome of the last debate on Wednesday could still swing some undecided voters.

“I think it will play a role,” she said. “There are still a lot of undecided voters out there. They’re still waiting to hear something from either side that will tip the scales. I think this will be the case with this last debate.”

But Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center and an associate professor of political science, disagrees.

He said at this point in the game most people will have made up their minds about who they will vote for.

He also said the image that candidates project at these widely televised – and widely watched – debates affect voter decisions much more than anything that comes out of their mouths.

“That I think is part of the problem,” Smith said. “The Personality of the candidates is what shows through much more so than the substance.”

On the whole, Smith said he thinks the past two presidential debates have been abysmally boring and, although he will watch the third installment, isn’t expecting any major strides on either side.

“The debates have been painful to watch,” he said. “They couldn’t get much worse.”

The last presidential debate will be televised live at 9 p.m. eastern from Hofstra University in New York.