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A group of undecided Latino voters said they would vote for President Joe Biden after watching his Thursday night debate with former President Donald Trump.

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A clip posted on X shows the group being interviewed by a journalist. One man said he would vote for Biden because "Trump sounded like a crazy liar," according to Matt A. Barreto, professor of Political Science and Chicana/o & Central American Studies at UCLA.

The man being interviewed said Trump "said the same thing time after time" and was not answering questions or "saying how he would fix things," according to a Newsweek translation.

He went on to admit that "Biden was indeed a bit slow in talking," saying the president "has a stutter" but believes Biden explained "what he has done and what he is still doing while president.

"After being undecided for a little while, I think today, I switched to Biden," he added.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

At least Biden attempted to directly answer questions. Trump repeatedly evaded them to talk about whatever he wanted during his allotted time.

Biden struggled to recall accurate information.

Trump effortlessly ranted and lied.

Both were embarrassing. One was worse.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump has never proven if he can recall accurate information either though.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

He doesn’t need to do that for his own camp. He just needs to sound like he’s winning an argument.

The undecided voters may have been waiting for clear substantiation of goals and accomplishments. Biden did a terrible job explaining his own, but Trump was clearly evasive with the majority of his responses.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Both were embarrassing. One was worse.

Oh, no doubt. I'm just not used to 'swing voters' agreeing with me on the subject.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

That’s true. It’s crazy to consider. They’ve both served one term. There is a proven track record of successes and failures. Anyone undecided must not have been paying attention.