Sharon Reed, 77, who lives on a farm in central Pennsylvania, was undecided about her vote until the very last minute. She and her husband, both retired teachers, were among a group of undecided voters that The New York Times spoke with throughout the presidential campaign, to learn how major events were shaping their choice.
By the cusp of Election Day, the others had made up their minds, including her husband, Bob Reed, 78, who said he planned to cast a vote for Donald J. Trump. But Ms. Reed remained torn.
She had voted for Mr. Trump twice before, but had come to dislike the former president for, among other things, his rhetoric, his unpredictability and the disrespectful remarks he made about people in the military.
She was open to supporting a Democrat — she had voted for Democrats before — but was not at all fond of Vice President Kamala Harris, whose flip-flopping on various issues made her seem weak to Ms. Reed. She did not find Ms. Harris appealing enough to justify voting Democratic in the presidential race because she disagreed with most of the party’s policies.
She considered leaving the top of the ballot blank. But at the last minute, she decided that she had to make a choice, even if it was for the lesser evil. So, she said, she voted for Mr. Trump.
It was a reluctant vote, she said, adding, “We’ll just have to see how it goes.”
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