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PBS News Hour - Segments

What matters to these undecided voters 50 days before the presidential election

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Since June, PBS News has followed a group of undecided voters from across the country and across the political spectrum. Now, less than two months before Election Day, there has been some movement among these voters. They share their thoughts in the latest installment of our series, "The Deciders." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Less than two months until the election and we can hear the candidates

0:04.4

voices nearly every day. But what about voters? Since June, the news hour has

0:09.2

followed a group of undecided

0:13.7

voters from across the country and across the political spectrum. In our latest installment

0:15.8

of the Deciders series, we found some movement and a lot of thoughts.

0:21.0

My name is Stephen Beck and I'm from Madison, Alabama.

0:24.0

In past election cycles, I have not been undecided.

0:27.0

This would probably be the first time I've been truly undecided, especially this late in the game.

0:33.0

My name is Jessica Dalton.

0:35.0

I'm from Salt Lake City, Utah.

0:36.6

Undecided, I think, is too vague of a term.

0:38.6

I've always been open to listen to what each candidate has to offer and making my decision based on who the

0:45.7

candidate is rather than what the party is offering. I'm Zach Warren and I'm 35

0:50.7

years old based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

0:53.3

I'm one of those voters that does wait to the last second.

0:55.4

I remember my even back to like 2008 and 2012 and 16.

1:00.0

I always wake up on election day and make that choice because there's a lot of things that can happen between now and November.

1:04.5

My name is Stephen Stone. I'm in Brooklyn. I have to choose between Kamala or just not voting for the president in this election.

1:12.1

I'm Robert Lillie. I'm from Wickenburg, Arizona.

1:15.6

I typically don't decide and for sure,

1:20.0

I'm not 100% until election time.

1:23.3

My name is Anna and I live in the suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.

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