New Poll Gives Overwhelming Verdict About Who Won Monday’s Debate
If Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump needed any convincing that a new approach to debate preparation might be in order, a Fox News poll has revealed that respondents overwhelmingly believe Democratic rival Hillary Clinton won Monday night’s debate.
The poll found Clinton’s lead over Trump moving from one percentage point to three, 43 percent to 40 percent.
However, the slight bump came amid major positive impacts shown elsewhere.
The poll found 61 percent of respondents said she won Monday’s debate, against 21 percent who said Trump won.
It also showed that Trump went down since the debate in areas such as honesty, temperament and whether respondents would be comfortable with him in the White House. Clinton rose in all areas.
Although Trump has said he won Monday’s debate and pointed to online polls seconding that conclusion, many observers have sided with the Fox News respondents.
“It clearly looked like he ran out of gas after 30 minutes, and that came through loud and clear,” said Scott Reed, the senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“Trump needs to show a higher level [of] seriousness, so that he’s better positioned as an agent of change,” Reed said. “If he can accomplish that, he’ll win undecided voters and late-breaking voters who clearly don’t want to support Hillary Clinton.”
CNN was reporting that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie might be tasked with overseeing Trump’s preparations for his Oct. 9 rematch with Clinton. The Trump campaign and Christie have denied that.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on Tuesday he is willing to help Trump prepare.
“I am happy to help,” Cruz said. “I have conveyed that to them.”
The senator also differed with those who thought Clinton won.
“I think he really went after Hillary, which was a good thing,” Cruz said. “Anyone who is swooning at Hillary’s performance last night, that’s a pretty good indication that you’re a card-carrying member of the liberal media, especially in the first half-hour. I think Donald very much had the upper hand over Hillary. Hillary was tentative and had no real answers. She was on the defensive the entire time.” (For more from the author of “New Poll Gives Overwhelming Verdict About Who Won Monday’s Debate” please click HERE)
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