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Sep 2024
42m 6s

What Undecided Voters Are Thinking

The New York Times
About this episode

For the people still on the fence about 2024, Tuesday night’s debate was an important data point.

How would Vice President Kamala Harris differentiate herself from President Biden? How would former President Donald Trump come across when facing a new opponent? Would this matchup, the first time these candidates met, be enough to help these undecided voters make a decision?

On today’s “Run-Up,” we look at how they are thinking after the debate. Up first, we watch the debate with Corrie Zech, an undecided voter in Ohio.

We initially met her back in June at a watch party for the first presidential debate. Listen to that episode here.

Then we catch up with undecided voters we first talked to for this episode, ahead of the debate.

Everyone tuned in Tuesday night. They said they’re closer to making a decision but, with less than two months to go, have yet to fully make up their minds.

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