BBCFormer President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris took to the talk stage for the primary time collectively on Tuesday.
For practically two hours, the pair sparred over abortion entry, immigration, and the continued wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
With solely weeks left till the US presidential election, the candidates are in a battle for the remaining undecided voters.
The BBC spoke to a few of them who thought of the talk essential in figuring out who they’ll assist in November.
We begin with a voter who, hesitatingly, helps the previous president.
This voter was leaning in the direction of Trump earlier than the talk began and remains to be leaning that approach, however was impressed with Harris’s efficiency.
I do not assume the talk modified my opinion on voting for Trump, however I positively am much less fearful if [Harris] wins as a result of I believe she will be able to deal with herself and debate nicely.
I am total unchanged, however I like her higher now.
I misplaced quite a lot of religion within the Democratic Celebration once they advised us Joe Biden was nice, after which it seems he is not, and so it is laborious to belief that very same administration going ahead.
I don’t wish to vote for Trump, however I don’t like this present administration. I will not change my thoughts earlier than November, I would just be much less fearful if she have been to win.
This voter does not like Trump and did not vote for both Democrat in 2016 or 2020, however after tonight’s debate he will likely be voting for Harris.
Tonight was the primary evening the place genuinely, I’d say I felt, like, scared on the prospect of a second Trump presidency.
His solutions the place he would worry monger about immigrants killing canines, worry monger about World Battle III a number of occasions. Each time he spoke, it was scary to a degree that I’ve not felt from him earlier than.
And whereas I do not love Harris, and I believe she’s very wishy-washy, she doesn’t pose an existential risk to America like he does.
This voter will certainly be voting for Trump or Harris come November, she simply hasn’t determined.
I believed each candidates spoke pretty nicely, however I believed Kamala answered extra of the questions than Trump did.
I had by no means actually seen something about [Harris] so I used to be on the lookout for mainly an opinion on her. So I used to be quite happy with a few of what she needed to say and really what ex-President Trump needed to say, however I get a really shifty vibe from him.
I do not belief [Trump]. I do not assume he needs to run the nation, I believe he needs to personal the nation.
This voter thought the talk captured a transparent image of each candidates, however is leaning in the direction of Harris after the talk.
Trump was in every single place. He was lured into quite a lot of questions that he ought to have answered completely like immigration and abortion, however he was caught off guard with statements about crowd dimension, which was actually revealing.
I felt like Kamala was much more ready for this than Donald Trump.
I personally wish to see her in additional one-on-one interviews after this, that is the primary time I am seeing her with out Tim Walz and she or he did nice, for my part.
If she went on the market extra, spoke to the nation one-on-one extra, she’d obtain my vote at that time.
This voter stays undecided, however says after the talk he is 51% Harris, 49% Trump. Nonetheless, he says, there’s nonetheless time for that to vary.
The talk did little or no to vary my perspective of Trump. This was extra an audition for Kamala Harris to only sort of see who she is, the place she stands on insurance policies and her command of the stage.
She got here throughout fairly rehearsed to me, however she dropped quite a lot of, kind of, baited statements that I believe Trump bit on actually laborious – rattled him a bit, made him fairly indignant.
All of this appeared fairly calculated to me, and that is not precisely what I used to be on the lookout for out of her. I used to be on the lookout for her to be a little bit extra personable, a little bit extra pure.
This voter wasn’t very impressed with the talk performances and nonetheless stays undecided.
I did not really feel just like the subjects have been mentioned in depth, it was largely the candidates speaking at one another.
I used to be disenchanted, actually.
I personally wished they might go in depth about their coverage, as an alternative of attacking the opposite particular person for one thing about their coverage.
I am personally not a fan of both of them, but when I used to be going to decide on one or the opposite, I’d in all probability select Harris.
