After Kamala Harris’ town hall in Delaware County on Wednesday, some of the undecided voters told CNN’s John King that they had decided to support the vice president against former President Donald Trump.

“If I had to choose right now, I would pick her,” said Lauren Holden, who said she voted for Trump in 2020.

King spoke with Holden and four other undecided Pennsylvania voters who asked Harris a question during Wednesday’s event. Three of the five told the veteran CNN anchor and election analyst they had decided to support Harris. Every vote matters in Pennsylvania, where Harris and Trump are nearly tied in recent polls.

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Harris’ answer, when asked to identify a personal weakness – that she has always relied on a team of “smart people” – resonated with Erik Svendsen, an IT worker in Conshohocken who is a registered Libertarian. Svendsen told King he came to City Hall undecided but would now vote for vice president.

“In my line of work in IT, I don’t expect everyone to know the answer, I expect them to know how to get the answer… I don’t need a president to know everything or think he knows everything, because he doesn’t Case what America needs,” Svendsen said. “You have to put the right people in the right place to run the country efficiently.”

Taneisha Spall said she admired Harris when the vice president entered the race to remain in the contest and decided to cast her vote for Harris. But Spall also said she was put off by Harris’ recent attacks on the former president, such as agreeing with his former chief of staff that Trump met the definition of a fascist.

“I think it’s beneath them. She doesn’t have to do that. She can enforce her policies,” Spall said. “You don’t have to stoop to his level.”

Pam Thistle, a real estate agent from Wyndmoor who is registered with no party affiliation, said she was tired of seeing the candidates attack each other and would like more details on their economic plans.

“Stop vilifying Trump. Trump, stop vilifying the vice president. We don’t care,” Thistle said. “We don’t even know who they’re talking about, that this person said this and that. How does this impact voters?”

While Thistle is still undecided, she told King that she felt a personal “admiration” for Harris as she left the town hall, particularly when the vice president made a point to speak with her following the event.

“I personally think she is a good person and there was a nice connection, especially as a woman.

Joe Donahue, a registered Republican from Bucks County, said he remained undecided because he could not “support” Harris’ policy of restoring national abortion protections that were eliminated after the Supreme Court was overturned Roe v. Wade. While he said he agreed with Trump on abortion policy, he praised Harris for being open to speaking with him after the town hall.

“Anyone who is willing to listen to ideas that contradict them or anyone else’s, that’s a personality trait that I really value,” Donahue said.

Why didn’t CNN host a town hall with Donald Trump?

CNN offered to host a town hall event for Trump, but he declined to attend. The network initially proposed a second debate, scheduled for Wednesday. But Trump rejected that offer, claiming he had “won” his debates against Harris and former President Joe Biden and that it was “too late” for a rematch against Harris, even though the last debate of the 2020 election cycle was on October 22.

“We continue to believe that the American people would benefit from hearing more from the two main candidates for President of the United States,” CNN said in a statement.

Trump did attend a town hall event with Fox News in Georgia last week, but the audience was largely made up of Republicans and Trump supporters, who cheered the former president’s answers and praised him before their questions.

CNN said the audience for Harris’ town hall was filled with undecided voters selected from a pool of people “identified by a nonpartisan research organization and CNN editorial producers working with local and state business groups, civic organizations, religious groups and universities.” “.