Hillary Clinton’s 3 debate performances left the Trump campaign in ruins
Great article on Hillary Clinton crushing the Trump campaign.
Donald Trump didn't just destroy himself. Hillary Clinton destroyed him.
The third and final presidential debate has ended, and it can now be said: Hillary Clinton crushed Donald Trump in the most effective series of debate performances in modern political history.
The polling tells the story. As Nate Silver notes, on the eve of the first presidential debate, Clinton led by 1.5 points. Before the second, she was up by 5.6 points. Before the third, she was winning by 7.1 points. And now, writing after the third debate a debate in which Trump said he would keep the nation in suspense about whether there would be a peaceful transition of power, bragged about not apologizing to his wife, and called Clinton such a nasty woman its clear that Trump did himself no favors. Early polls also suggest Clinton won.
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The dominant narrative of this election goes something like this. Hillary Clinton is a weak candidate who is winning because she is facing a yet weaker candidate. Her unfavorables are high, her vulnerabilities are obvious, and if she were running against a Marco Rubio or a Paul Ryan, she would be getting crushed. Lucky for her, shes running against a hot orange mess with higher unfavorables, clearer vulnerabilities, and a tape where he brags about grabbing women by the pussy.
Theres truth to this narrative, but it also reflects our tendency to underestimate Clintons political effectiveness. Trumps meltdown wasnt an accident. The Clinton campaign coolly analyzed his weaknesses and then sprung trap after trap to take advantage of them.
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