Like many different information organizations, Reuters determined to arrange a spotlight group of undecided voters who might react to the talk.
If Reuters desires to assist Kamala Harris, issues are usually not going to go as deliberate. After the talk, most individuals turned to Trump.
As anticipated, the media rushed to declare Kamala the winner, however voters noticed a distinct consequence.
From Reuters:
After debate with Trump, some undecided voters do not imagine Harris
Kamala Harris is broadly anticipated to dominate Tuesday’s presidential debate with Republican former President Donald Trump, however a gaggle of undecided voters stay unconvinced the Democratic vp is the higher candidate.
Reuters spoke to 10 individuals who had been nonetheless uncertain how they might vote within the Nov. 5 election earlier than watching the talk. Six folks mentioned afterwards that they had been both voting for Trump or leaning towards supporting him. Three mentioned they might now assist Harris, whereas one remained uncertain how he would vote.
The race between Harris and Trump is so shut that the result is more likely to hinge on tens of 1000’s of votes solid in a handful of battleground states, lots of them swing voters just like the undecided voters interviewed by Reuters.
Though the pattern dimension is small, the responses recommend Harris might have to supply extra detailed coverage proposals to win over undecided voters.
Sizzling Air’s Ed Morrissey has a idea about what is going on on right here:
Harris emerged as a cipher, which is how she left, thanks largely to the efforts of the ABC host. They not often pressed her on the specifics of coverage and have solely calmly challenged her varied whims over the previous eight weeks or so. As one focus group member advised Reuters, days after the query web page was lastly produced and after practically two months of refusing to talk to reporters (apart from CNN’s 26 minutes), undecided voters need one thing “on their bones” meat”.
However they did not perceive. Harris could have succeeded in irritating Trump, however at the very least on this group, her technique of skating on points and outright disqualifying Trump failed.
It is a very affordable evaluation.
Whereas left-wing pundits declared Kamala the winner (since she stopped delivering her regular verbal salads and cringe-worthy laughter), a Reuters focus group discovered that she really misplaced:
After final evening’s debate, undecided voters now favor Trump by a ratio of two to 1. pic.twitter.com/LIaxv5hnsb
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) September 11, 2024
The liberal media was too busy high-fiving one another to note.
