BBCWith solely weeks left till the US presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a battle to win the help of those that are but to decide to both candidate.
The BBC has spoken to eight undecided voters who noticed Tuesday evening’s 90-minute debate as being essential in figuring out who to select in November’s poll.
Vanessa was leaning in the direction of voting for Trump earlier than the controversy began and continues to be leaning that approach, however was impressed with Harris’s efficiency.
I do not suppose the controversy modified my opinion on voting for Trump, however I positively am much less fearful if [Harris] wins as a result of I feel she will deal with herself and debate properly.
I am total unchanged, however I like her higher now.
I misplaced lots of religion within the Democratic Celebration after they advised us Joe Biden was tremendous, after which it seems he is not, and so it is exhausting to belief that very same administration going ahead.
I don’t wish to vote for Trump, however I don’t like this present administration. I will not change my thoughts earlier than November, I would just be much less fearful if she have been to win.
Jeremy would not like Trump and did not vote Democrat in 2016 or 2020, however after tonight’s debate says he will probably be voting for Harris.
Tonight was the primary evening the place genuinely, I might say I felt, like, scared on the prospect of a second Trump presidency.
His solutions the place he would fearmonger about immigrants killing canine, fearmonger about World Warfare III a number of occasions. Each time he spoke, it was horrifying to a stage that I’ve not felt from him earlier than.
And whereas I do not love Harris, and I feel she’s very wishy-washy, she doesn’t pose an existential risk to America like he does.
Tracy watched the controversy however stays undecided over who she is going to vote for.
I believed each candidates spoke pretty properly, however I believed Kamala answered extra of the questions than Trump did.
I had by no means actually seen something about [Harris] so I used to be on the lookout for principally an opinion on her. So I used to be fairly happy with a few of what she needed to say and truly what ex-President Trump needed to say, however I get a really shifty vibe from him.
I do not belief [Trump]. I do not suppose he needs to run the nation, I feel he needs to personal the nation.
Mat was contemplating skipping the election all collectively, however after the controversy he says he has made up his thoughts.
The controversy was one thing.
Kamala Harris positively did very properly. I feel Trump type of didn’t. He misplaced his focus and stored rambling on the place it was type of incoherent.
After final evening, I feel I will vote for Kamala Harris. I do not know if I will be very smitten by it however I’ll in all probability be voting for her.
There’s nonetheless a little bit little bit of time till November, however she very seemingly has my vote.
Kimberly hasn’t been drawn to both of the key occasion candidates, however after the controversy she is leaning in the direction of supporting Harris.
If I may vote for nobody, I in all probability would try this. I wish to get the total details earlier than I do something.
[I was] not impressed with Trump, I will not be voting for him.
William thought the controversy conveyed a transparent image of each candidates, however says he’s leaning in the direction of Harris after watching.
Trump was in every single place. He was lured into lots of questions that he ought to have answered completely like immigration and abortion, however he was caught off guard with statements about crowd measurement, which was actually revealing.
I felt like Kamala was much more ready for this than Donald Trump.
I personally wish to see her in additional one-on-one interviews after this, that is the primary time I am seeing her with out Tim Walz and she or he did tremendous, in my view.
If she went on the market extra, spoke to the nation one-on-one extra, she’d obtain my vote at that time.
Rohan stays undecided, however says after the controversy he is 51% for Harris and 49% for Trump. Nonetheless, he says, there’s nonetheless time for that to alter.
The controversy did little or no to alter my perspective of Trump. This was extra an audition for Kamala Harris to simply type of see who she is, the place she stands on insurance policies and her command of the stage.
She got here throughout fairly rehearsed to me, however she dropped lots of, kind of, baited statements that I feel Trump bit on actually exhausting – rattled him a bit, made him fairly offended.
All of this appeared fairly calculated to me, and that is not precisely what I used to be on the lookout for out of her. I used to be on the lookout for her to be a little bit extra personable, a little bit extra pure.
Likelihood wasn’t very impressed with the controversy performances and nonetheless stays undecided.
I did not really feel just like the subjects have been mentioned in depth, it was principally the candidates speaking at one another.
I used to be disillusioned, actually.
I personally wished they’d go in depth about their coverage, as a substitute of attacking the opposite particular person for one thing about their coverage.
I am personally not a fan of both of them, but when I used to be going to decide on one or the opposite, I might in all probability select Harris.
John Sudworth contributed to this report.
