Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a group of undecided voters in Philadelphia Wednesday night in what will most likely be the last televised town hall before Election Day.
CNN hosted the event in Delaware County, one of the city’s four suburban counties that were key in President Joe Biden winning the state in 2020.
Those present wanted to hear what Harris had to say about a variety of issues.
“I think I speak for the majority of Americans when I say we want a ceasefire in Palestine,” said Daniela James, a student at Temple University who’s mulling voting for Harris or a third party because of the Biden administration’s Middle East policy.
Nonetheless, James, who says she is registered as a Democrat to vote in primaries, is leaning toward Harris, naming her economic policy as a reason why.
“I can appreciate that she has brought up the amount of price gouging that we have seen, especially after the start of the pandemic,” said James. “And I can appreciate that she is bringing up affordable housing.”
Harris’ economic policy also played a part in winning 45-year-old Delaware County resident Taneisha Spall’s vote.
“While I do not feel it was as detailed and expansive as I would like to have her,” said Spall, “I do think that it gives me enough so I could vote for her confidently.”
Spall, a registered Democrat who voted for Trump in 2016 and flipped to Biden in 2020, said she wants to do more research on Harris’ policies before casting her vote.
However, one of the vice president’s weakest issues in the eyes of voters is immigration.
Harris did not give a direct answer when asked if she supports building a wall along the southern border, which she said in 2019 was a “medieval vanity project”
This discouraged 28-year-old law student Charlie Frank last night, who didn’t vote in 2020 and is leaning toward third-party candidate Jill Stein.
“I think it was par for the course for her with not answering questions when she’s asked them,” said Frank. “And with no one knowing what her policies are, because she’s held every policy in the book.”