Democrats woke up on Monday to a spate of bad polls for Hillary Clinton, which brought Donald Trump to perhaps his closest position yet in the Electoral College. They had reason to go to bed feeling a lot better. Clinton bested Trump in the first presidential debate according to a […] Read more »
Debate Win Produces Important Shifts to Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton won the first debate against Donald Trump and likely produced electoral shifts, according to participants in a live dial meter focus group organized by Democracy Corps and commissioned by Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund. These participants, comprised of voter blocs critical to the outcome of this election, […] Read more »
Clinton Prevails in Downer of a Debate
The first debate of the 2016 fall season has concluded with a whimper more than a bang. If you were expecting the sky to fall or the race to be completed upended, you were sorely disappointed. If you went into the debate expecting or hoping see a more thoughtful, nuanced […] Read more »
A Debate Victory Doesn’t Ensure a Real Shift in the Race
It might have been the most watched political debate in history, and the emerging consensus among pundits and the instant polls is that Hillary Clinton prevailed over Donald J. Trump on Monday night. … Will the result change the race? There’s no way to be sure of how the polls […] Read more »
Poll of debate watchers: Hillary Clinton takes round one
Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night’s debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate. … Although the survey suggested debate watchers were […] Read more »
Undecided Pa. voters on who they think won the presidential debate
CBS News contributor and pollster Frank Luntz spoke with undecided Pennsylvania voters after Monday night’s presidential debate, and the general consensus among them was that Hillary Clinton won. When asked by Luntz who won the debate, five undecided voters said they believed Trump won, and 16 said they believed Clinton […] Read more »