There were 29 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question: “How do you think independent and undecided voters will respond to Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket?”
Millions of independent American voters that don’t want Donald Trump as their president again breathed a huge sigh of relief that President Joe Biden stepped aside. All they needed was a candidate that could articulate their policies and beliefs they could rally behind as a clear alternative to Trump. As the election of 2020 showed, the great majority of Americans do not want Trump as president again. The electoral college will still be close, but if Kamala Harris is the candidate, I think she’ll be able to swing enough of the battleground states to win. Michael Kerins, North Conway
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