2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNew polling points to clear debate win for Clinton
09/27/16 08:45 AMUPDATED 09/27/16 10:15 AM
By Steve Benen
It didnt take long a for a consensus to emerge: among pundits, partisans, and prominent political observers, theres no real doubt that Hillary Clinton won last nights debate. Democrats, who were rattled by recent polling, are suddenly walking with a spring in their step. Republicans, who were feeling increasingly optimistic about the presidential race, are choosing to focus on the fact that there are still more debates coming up, where Donald Trump will try to recover. And though itll be a while until we have polling data that shows what effect, if any, last night had on the overall race, overnight surveys suggest the public and the pundits are on the same page about the first Clinton/Trump showdown.
Voters who watched said Clinton expressed her views more clearly than Trump and had a better understanding of the issues by a margin of more than 2-to-1. Clinton also was seen as having done a better job addressing concerns voters might have about her potential presidency by a 57% to 35% margin, and as the stronger leader by a 56% to 39% margin.
Also overnight, Public Policy Polling released the results of its own post-debate survey, sponsored by VoteVets Action Fund, which found less lopsided results, but which nevertheless pointed to a Clinton victory, 51% to 40%. The same poll found most respondents believe Clinton has the temperament to be president and is prepared for the job. A majority said the opposite about Trump.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/new-polling-points-clear-debate-win-clinton?cid=eml_mra_20160927
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)He stood up at the end, his family came up, but none of the people he brought in with him walked up there to congratulate him. His walk of shame looking like they were all arguing as they went to the suv. That he skipped the prearranged post debate victory party he had set up.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)Skipped him own victory party? Now that I did not know.