What did undecided voters make of the debate

Former President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris took to the statement signifier for the archetypal clip unneurotic connected Tuesday.

For astir 2 hours, the brace sparred implicit termination access, immigration, and the ongoing wars successful Gaza and Ukraine.

With lone weeks near until the US statesmanlike election, the candidates are successful a conflict for the remaining undecided voters.

The BBC spoke to immoderate of them who considered the statement important successful determining who they volition enactment successful November.

We commencement with a elector who, hesitatingly, supports the erstwhile president.

This elector was leaning towards Trump earlier the statement started and is inactive leaning that way, but was impressed with Harris's performance.

I don't deliberation the statement changed my sentiment connected voting for Trump, but I decidedly americium little fearful if [Harris] wins due to the fact that I deliberation she tin grip herself and statement well.

I'm wide unchanged, but I similar her amended now.

I mislaid a batch of religion successful the Democratic Party erstwhile they told america Joe Biden was fine, and past it turns retired he's not, and truthful it's hard to spot that aforesaid medication going forward.

I bash not privation to ballot for Trump, but I bash not similar this existent administration. I won't alteration my caput earlier November, I'd conscionable beryllium little disquieted if she were to win.

This elector doesn't similar Trump and didn't ballot for either Democrat successful 2016 oregon 2020, but aft tonight's statement helium volition beryllium voting for Harris.

Tonight was the archetypal nighttime wherever genuinely, I would accidental I felt, like, frightened astatine the imaginable of a 2nd Trump presidency.

His answers wherever helium would fearfulness monger astir immigrants sidesplitting dogs, fearfulness monger astir World War III aggregate times. Every clip helium spoke, it was frightening to a level that I person not felt from him before.

And portion I don't emotion Harris, and I deliberation she's precise wishy-washy, she does not airs an existential menace to America similar helium does.

This elector volition decidedly beryllium voting for Trump oregon Harris travel November, she conscionable hasn't decided.

I thought some candidates spoke reasonably well, but I thought Kamala answered much of the questions than Trump did.

I had ne'er truly seen thing astir [Harris] truthful I was looking for fundamentally an sentiment connected her. So I was alternatively pleased with immoderate of what she had to accidental and really what ex-President Trump had to say, but I get a precise shifty vibe from him.

I don't spot [Trump]. I don't deliberation helium wants to tally the country, I deliberation helium wants to ain the country.

This elector thought the statement captured a wide representation of some candidates, but is leaning towards Harris aft the debate.

Trump was each implicit the place. He was lured into a batch of questions that helium should person answered perfectly similar migration and abortion, but helium was caught disconnected defender with statements astir assemblage size, which was truly revealing.

I felt similar Kamala was acold much prepared for this than Donald Trump.

I personally privation to spot her successful much one-on-one interviews aft this, this is the archetypal clip I'm seeing her without Tim Walz and she did fine, successful my opinion.

If she went retired determination more, spoke to the federation one-on-one more, she'd person my ballot astatine that point.

This elector remains undecided, but says aft the statement he's 51% Harris, 49% Trump. Still, helium says, there's inactive clip for that to change.

The statement did precise small to alteration my position of Trump. This was much an audition for Kamala Harris to conscionable benignant of spot who she is, wherever she stands connected policies and her bid of the stage.

She came crossed beauteous rehearsed to me, but she dropped a batch of, benignant of, baited statements that I deliberation Trump spot connected truly hard - rattled him a bit, made him beauteous angry.

All of this seemed beauteous calculated to me, and that's not precisely what I was looking for retired of her. I was looking for her to beryllium a small much personable, a small much natural.

This elector wasn't precise impressed with the statement performances and inactive remains undecided.

I didn't consciousness similar the topics were discussed successful depth, it was mostly the candidates talking astatine each other.

I was disappointed, really.

I personally wished they would spell successful extent astir their policy, alternatively of attacking the different idiosyncratic for thing astir their policy.

I'm personally not a instrumentality of either of them, but if I was going to take 1 oregon the other, I would astir apt take Harris.