Debate 2 Poll, Focus Group, Pundit Reaction Megathread

[psychprofessor]

Content aside, Trump is just awful at one on one debates. He acted menacingly, walking up behind her; he sniffed and snorted; he whined about time...he just can't get a handle on the non-verbals

[psychprofessor]

The punditry on CNN pre-poll coming out was moving to a sort of consensus that Trump won his base but not swing voters. He was playing to a Breitbart, Drudge, GOP primary audience and with them he did great. But maybe not so much with anyone else.  And they keep coming back to the threat to jail Hillary as a 'gaffe'

It's not a gaffe. He was serious. We need to stop acting like what Trump says is just entertainment or for shock value. He listens to those he associates with, so no reason to think he wouldn't prosecute Clinton on recommendation from Bannon, Giuliani and Christie.

[psychprofessor]

It's also not helpful that he stated Hillary has hate in her heart, that she is the devil and that she should be ashamed of herself. The optics of him standing and her sitting and him telling her that she is a "disgrace" was awful.

[psychprofessor]

CNN POLL

Who won the debate?

Clinton 57%

Trump 34%


Did Trump do better or worse than you expected?

Yes 63%

Worse 21%

Same 15%


Did Clinton do better or worse than you expected?

Better 39%

Worse 26%

Same 34%

Also note: The results Sunday also track closely with watchers' pre-debate preference. Fifty-eight percent of debate watchers said they were supporting Clinton before the debate.


www.cnn.com/2016/10/09/politics/clinton-wins-debate-but-trump-exceeds-expectations/index.html?sr=twCNN101016clinton-wins-debate-but-trump-exceeds-expectations0353AMStoryLink&linkId=29741868

I don't see this moving the needle too much one way or the other.

I wonder how much of that 58% is just the debate audience being inherently more Democratic, and how much was due to the pussygate surge. CNN hasn't done a poll post pussygate unfortunately.

Or how about Trump is so disliked by a wide swath of the voting electorate - upwards of 60%, that nothing he does will seems presidential or likable? I think we've crossed a rubicon with the release of those tapes that large swaths of the electorate just won't give a crap about anything he says...