Actual Scientific Polls Show Big Win for Hillary Clinton in First Debate
The consensus is in: viewers overwhelmingly thought Hillary Clinton was the winner of the first presidential debate.
Four polls — from CNN/ORC, Politico/Morning Consult, NBC/SurveyMonkey, and Public Policy Polling — all showed that respondents felt Clinton bested Donald Trump Monday night at the Hofstra University presidential debate.
In the CNN/ORC instant poll, conducted in the hours after the debate, 62% of respondents said Clinton won, compared with just 27% who said Trump came out on top.
Subsequent polls corroborated the results from CNN/ORC’s immediate survey.
In Tuesday’s Politico/Morning Consult poll, 49% of registered voters thought Clinton won the debate, compared with just 26% who felt Trump came out on top.
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