Vice President Kamala Harris admitted that she isn’t good at making decisions on the spot while fielding questions from the public at a CNN town hall this week. Polls show that voters are going to former President Donald Trump.
“What weaknesses do you bring to the table and how do you plan to overcome them?” asked Joe Donahue, a store worker.
Harris replied that she “may not be quick to have the answer” about “a specific policy issue sometimes” because she likes to “research it” first.
“I’m going to want to study it. I’m kind of a nerd sometimes, I confess. “Some might call that a weakness, especially if you’re in an interview or just kind of being asked a certain question, and you’re expected to have the right answer right away. But that’s how I work,” Harris said.
During her long answer to the question, Harris also said that she sometimes relies too much on her team to make decisions.
“I’m certainly not perfect. I think that I perhaps, a weakness some would say, that I actually think is a strength is that I really do value having a team of very smart team around me who bring to my decision-making process, different perspectives. My team will tell you I am constantly saying, let’s kick the tires on that,” Harris continued.
It comes as a series of new polls suggest the race for the White House is turning in favor of Trump and against Harris with less than a week to go until Election Day.
Nate Silver’s most recent prediction is that Trump could win all of the important split states in the 2024 election.
Silver’s research shows that Trump has a 24.4% chance of winning all seven swing states in November. This is the most likely outcome. The forecast also says that Harris has a 15.6% chance of winning all the battleground states.
It also shows that Harris would win the race if she won all the swing states except Arizona and Georgia, where Trump is currently ahead