US voters share hopes, concerns as Harris/Trump debate showdown looms
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
A massive television audience is expected to tune in Tuesday to watch Democrat Harris, the current US vice president, go toe to toe with Republican former president Trump over what both are calling the most important election of modern times.
AFP has spoken to several American voters on the campaign trail, and — no surprise here — people by and large believe the flagbearer of their party will prevail in the face-to-face showdown.
They are looking forward to discussions on policy and values, but will also be closely watching their style, composure, and presidential bearing.
«I think Trump definitely has the advantage,» Flo Eberhart, a 73-year-old retiree from Pennsylvania's Cambria County, said at the ex-president's recent rally in her state.
Harris «doesn't know anything, basically, about what's going on. She can't talk.»
The vice president and former California attorney general and US senator is actually a seasoned debater.
And while she has not participated in such a showdown in four years, she earned praise for her sharp attacks when she ran for president in the 2020 cycle, including against her now-boss Joe Biden.
As for Trump, «he's going to be absolutely fine,» Eberhart said. «There's not one topic that Trump doesn't know something about.»
Jamila Scales, a young Harris supporter from Nashua, New Hampshire who was on hand for the Democrat's rally in nearby North Hampton on Wednesday, said Harris was more than capable of holding her own against Trump.
«She's going to do
