Four Pennsylvania voters expressed skepticism about Vice President Kamala Harris’ policies in a CNN segment Tuesday, with three out of four saying they were unlikely to vote for her.
Harris leads former President Donald Trump in the presidential race by 50% to 46% among likely voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll released Saturday. Voters who spoke on “Inside Politics With Dana Bash” were united in their dislike of Trump and concerns about Harris’ policies.
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“I have doubts about her. She’s going to be associated with Biden’s record no matter what she says or does… I’m still not going to vote for Trump,” a Republican voter named Michael Pesce told CNN chief correspondent John King. “So I’m not thrilled to vote for Kamala Harris, but it’s better than the alternative.”
King also said Pesce “sees Kamala Harris as more liberal than he would like.”
“If Donald Trump or JD Vance really said something so egregiously offensive, it might move me to vote for Vice President Harris, but that’s highly unlikely,” Joan London, an independent voter and former Republican, told King. “She doesn’t represent my values, my political views.”
The CNN correspondent said London “plans to summon a Conservative.”
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According to NYT and Siena College polls on Saturday, voters continue to trust Trump more than Harris when it comes to handling immigration and the economy.
One of the Pennsylvania voters, Cynthia Sabatini, said she tries to “keep an open mind about Harris.” But King said she is concerned about Harris’ immigration policies and how she has treated her staff in the past. The CNN correspondent said Sabatini plans to run in this election and would never vote for Trump.
“When Biden was on the ballot, I wanted to vote for Trump. But now it’s harder for me to decide because I’m not a fan of Donald Trump,” said Carol Carty, a Republican voter. She also said she had problems with comments made by Trump’s running mate JD Vance about childless women, saying she may not have children because she didn’t meet “the right person until she was over 40.”
“Tell me what exactly you did in your last job and what your goals are for this job if you get the job? And that’s what I want to hear from Kamala Harris,” Carty added.
King said Carty was considering Trump because of inflation and immigration, even though she had previously thought she would never vote for him.
Read: Pollster Frank Luntz says ‘the issues agenda’ favors Trump, but he should stop being ‘so angry’ if he wants to beat Harris
Pollster Frank Luntz said Monday that Trump’s lead over Harris on these key issues puts the former president in a good position to beat Harris, but said he would need to stop his “angry” rhetoric to do so.
“I still think he has a reasonable chance of winning because, at the end of the day, the issues agenda favors him,” Luntz said. “But not if you’re so angry that you’ve stopped representing the people you’re trying to reach.”
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