Kamala Harris: Abrasive and Condescending In Vice Presidential Debate

Kamala Harris: Abrasive and Condescending In Vice Presidential Debate

By Yael Hanlon
Fox News.com
October 8, 2020

Undecided Voters found Democratic vice presidential nominee
Kamala Harris to be "abrasive and condescending" at various points
throughout Wednesday's debate with Vice President Mike Pence,
pollster Frank Luntz told the Fox News reaction panel.

"The complaint about Kamala Harris was that she was abrasive
and condescending," said Luntz, who monitored the reactions of
15 undecided voters from eight battleground states throughout
the evening.

"The complaint about Mike Pence was that he was too tired, but
[he was] vice presidential, or presidential," added Luntz, who went
on to say that "if this is a battle over style and substance -- which
is often the case with undecided voters because they simply do not
choose on policy, they also choose on persona -- this was Mike
Pence’s night."

Luntz clarified that "it’s not that Pence did so well, it’s that they
[voters] felt both candidates were not answering the questions as
well as they would have liked.

Despite this, voters seemed to appreciate that the two nominees
were significantly more cordial to each other than President Trump
and Democratic nominee Joe Biden had been in their first
presidential debate last week.

"They really did not like the ducking of questions," Luntz explained,
"but they were so much happier with this debate than they were
the first one. The first one to them was embarrassing. This one,
at least, they had the decorum. But the frustration ... was [that]
'They're ducking the question, they are pivoting.'"

Luntz said that while voters were frustrated with the vice president
for repeatedly running over his allotted time, "Harris’ reactions
to Pence -- the smiling, the smirking, the scowling" left them far
"angrier" with her performance.

"Voters do not like it when candidates run long, and when they run
long every time, they think that’s an example of being
undisciplined and unfocused," he argued.

"However, they were more agitated with Kamala's presentation than
they were with Mike Pence."

"It was clear," he concluded, "that Mike Pence was the winner of
tonight’s confrontation.""

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