Undecided voters give Harris a look — but not a commitment — after the debate
A few of the voters who remain undecided in the 2024 election were moved by Tuesday’s debate — but it might take more than a debate to fully make up their minds.
CHURCHVILLE, Pa. — A few of the voters who remain undecided in the 2024 election were moved by Tuesday’s debate — but it might take more than a debate to fully make up their minds.
A handful of Arizona voters previously turned off by both candidates expressed interest in Vice President Kamala Harris in an NBC News panel after the ABC News debate. All three undecided voters assembled for a similar exercise in the Philadelphia suburbs remained on the fence, with Harris getting a look from two and former President Donald Trump from one. And while they generally though Harris had a good debate, they want to hear more from her about some key issues.
Undecided voters account for only a few percentage points of the electorate, according to public polls, with a closely divided country getting behind Trump and Harris. But in a close election, a few percentage points could matter, as they did in 2016 and 2020.
The three undecided Pennsylvania voters from Bucks County — one Democrat, one Republican and one independent — seemed to feel more certain in their frustration with one candidate than in their interest in the other, delivering withering assessments of the debate: “Manipulated.” “Lies.” “Fluff.” “Same old, same old.”
Lynne Kelleher, a registered Republican who voted for Trump in 2016 and for the libertarian candidate in 2020, believes this election comes down to a choice: “Do you vote your pocketbook or do you vote your morals?”
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