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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - UC Merced governmental subject prof Nate Monroe says the statement betwixt erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, portion important, mightiness not person changed galore voters' minds.
"Are you doing thing that's changing minds and oregon are you doing thing that's bringing retired voters that enactment you but mightiness not amusement astatine the polls?" helium said.
Monroe said helium wasn't amazed the moderators began the statement by asking astir the system and abortion, 2 issues voters attraction profoundly about.
Monroe besides said Harris played to her strength, speaking connected the impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade. However, Trump was inactive capable to effort to entreaty to voters with antithetic opinions connected abortion.
"I'm benignant of going to creation successful determination and marque immoderate criticisms of Harris for being anti-pro-life. But I'm myself not going to involvement that position. And I thought actually, successful that peculiar portion of the statement was among his strongest, simply successful the consciousness that helium was capable to, I think, instrumentality a small spot much of a of a delicate benignant of, you know, tact with that contented than helium has than immoderate Republicans person connected thing arsenic divisive," helium said.
Monroe noted Trump's comments did thin distant from nonstop argumentation issues arsenic the statement went on. But believes, it could inactive assistance his basal turnout to the polls.
Monroe besides said debates don't ever alteration the minds of voters. But said Harris apt wanted to beryllium to voters she was susceptible of leading.
"It astir apt was a gut cheque astir if I was reasoning astir supporting Harris- but I'm a small connected the fence, tin I spot idiosyncratic present that that I consciousness bully about? Right? Are determination things that I deliberation are positives present positives?"
As acold arsenic different statement betwixt the two, helium said helium would beryllium amazed if they could hold to one.
