Trump is doing horribly.
He has committed the following MAJOR no-nos.
1.) He has poor blocking.
2.) He has made false statements multiple times.
3.) He has argued with the moderators.
4.) He has used the Tu Quequo argumentative fallacy.
5.) He has interrupted Clinton far more than she has him (Tim Kaine's biggest downfall)
6.) He admitted to not paying any federal income taxes.
7.) He has said he disagrees with his own running mate.
8.) He brought this into the gutter with the Bill Clinton claims. He was warned not to, but did.
9.) He has brought up LITERAL conspiracy theories.
10.) He called his candidate THE DEVIL. WTF?
All of the above are FACTS. How can anyone on here pretend that he is winning the debate?
Voters don't care about policy specifics. They are moved by demeanor, tone, dominance, one-liners, and overall effectiveness. Trump has been on-point in slamming Hillary with regards to her corruption, e-mails, lies, and failed record.
Then what is the point of a debate? Why not just let each of them give a broadcasted stump speech?
As I type this, Trump used a moral equivalence argumentative fallacy. What good is a "one liner" if it uses argumentative fallacies that they teach you in competitive debate coaching?
You want the person who remains the calmest, most professional, and makes the clearest arguments without committing fallacies.
And Trump has CONSTANTLY used emotive language, which is another fallacy. Though both of them have used appeal to emotion.
The American people are SMART. They want smart candidates.
