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Vice President Kamala Harris’ town hall on CNN
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ town hall on CNN

The podium in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' town hall in Philadelphia.

Vice President Kamala Harris will make a final pitch to voters Wednesday night, less than two weeks before the election and with early voting already underway, at a CNN town hall in Chester Township, Pennsylvania.

The event, which starts at 9 p.m. ET, takes place on the date CNN proposed a second debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump, which Harris accepted but Trump declined.

Harris has stepped up her attacks on Trump’s basic mental competency in the latter part of the race, increasingly describing the former president as incoherent and “unfit to be president of the United States.” She has also sharpened his role in undermining federal abortion rights, calling his often insensitive discussion of the issue a sign of “cruelty.”

Trump, in turn, has continued to swing wildly at Harris and in recent weeks has seen fit to question — and sometimes attack — Jewish, black and Latino voters who support the Democrat.

But for all the rhetoric, the organizing and the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on campaign ads, the race looks like a coin toss — as both campaigns show signs of frustration with the relative stability of national and state polls.

Here are five things to watch for during Harris’ town hall, moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper:

Trump talk: Harris’ campaign has increasingly questioned in recent weeks whether Trump is mentally and physically fit for another four years in the White House.

“He’s becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged, and that requires a response,” Harris told reporters in Detroit over the weekend. “I think the American people deserve better than someone who actually seems unstable.”

In many ways, it is a reversal of the strategy that Trump and allied Republicans used for years to pillory President Joe Biden before the 81-year-old incumbent president withdrew from the 2024 race in July. Harris, who just turned 60, has maintained a hectic campaign schedule and ridiculed Trump for withdrawing from scheduled interviews — with one report citing “exhaustion” as the cause. She also seems more willing to point out bizarre behavior, such as when the 78-year-old Republican stopped a recent town hall to wave and dance for 39 minutes in front of a confused-looking Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor meant to moderate. the event.

At the same time, surveys of undecided voters continue to indicate they want to know more about Harris and her policy plans. She has already pitched one of the most ambitious expansions of elder care in modern American history, though it rarely gets a thorough hearing.

Harris doesn’t necessarily have to choose between pitching herself or making fun of Trump, but town hall questions often give candidates space to steer the conversation. Where she goes next will provide new insight into how she and her campaign view the race.

Keep reading for more things to watch ahead of tonight CNN town hall.