Debate 3 Poll, Focus Group, Pundit Reaction Megathread

[Phony Moderate]

Beautiful!

Bit of an overstatement - aren't these the narrowest 'who won?' polls of any of the debates? The main positive for Hillary is that Trump won't have made inroads with undecideds and swing voters from this, which is of course his only chance of victory.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

these focus groups are strange.

have been too after the second debate.

They're composed of undecided voters who are most likely Republicans or conservative leaning independents. If they're splitting evenly, its a win for Hillary.

This is probably true, actually.

If you're a genuine swing voter who voted for Obama twice or whatever and you're still undecided at this point, something's obviously gone off in the head.

[Gass3268]

Maria Teresa Kumar on MSNBC is saying that Trump is setting the foundation for his Trump TV.

[Fusionmunster]

Beautiful!

Bit of an overstatement - aren't these the narrowest 'who won?' polls of any of the debates? The main positive for Hillary is that Trump won't have made inroads with undecideds and swing voters from this, which is of course his only chance of victory.

CNN made sure to point out the make up of this flash poll was more evenly distributed than last time. As for YouGov, she only won the second debate by 5 according to them.

[Lolasknives]

I literally can't believe he has more than 10% thinking he won after entertaining civil war. What the HELL is wrong with people???

[dspNY]

even if the undecideds would break to trump i couldn't bring my head around why THIS debate would bring trump any points.

his worst imho.

Disagree strongly.  Trump was clearly stronger tonight than in the 1st debate, and if it weren't for the rigged election rant, it would have been the best of the 3 for him.  Barring further revelations worse than last week's tape, his base will hold.

He left himself wide open for another nuclear-level opposition hit on him by saying the sexual assault allegations were debunked...

[BoAtlantis]

CNN focus group

Clinton 11
Trump 9
Draw 1

At this point, do remaining undecideds lean Trump?  All of the focus groups are basically tied tonight.

Probably. Hillary voters are confident in their choice. Trump leaners could possibly have some reservation so put themselves off as "undecided".

One recent national poll I believe said the same. Trump voters have greater share of voters that may change their mind.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Disagree strongly.  Trump was clearly stronger tonight than in the 1st debate, and if it weren't for the rigged election rant, it would have been the best of the 3 for him.  Barring further revelations worse than last week's tape, his base will hold.

i could be biased but he was shouting his "insta-comments" on hillary's answers all the time, talking nonsense about most topics, didn't really answer one single question, called hillary nasty and seemed unqualified in every possible way.

the rigged-thing was just the cherry which may even be a positive for him, since it will let the rest of his awful debate fade soon.

[Gass3268]

NastyWomenGetsh**tDone.com now directs to Clinton's website.

[Speed of Sound]

I literally can't believe he has more than 10% thinking he won after entertaining civil war. What the HELL is wrong with people???

That's why we gotta exercise our right to vote. They certainly will.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Beautiful!

Bit of an overstatement - aren't these the narrowest 'who won?' polls of any of the debates? The main positive for Hillary is that Trump won't have made inroads with undecideds and swing voters from this, which is of course his only chance of victory.

Hillary has won all three debates by 10+ points. Isn't that unprecedented? This is good news no matter how you spin it.

[ApatheticAustrian]

let's wait for the real (non-flash) polls.

it's just stunnung for me that even a hardcore-trump-fan would describe this as winning. most unamerican and factual wrong and unbalanced candidate i have seen.

[calvinhobbesliker]

Beautiful!

Bit of an overstatement - aren't these the narrowest 'who won?' polls of any of the debates? The main positive for Hillary is that Trump won't have made inroads with undecideds and swing voters from this, which is of course his only chance of victory.

Hillary has won all three debates by 10+ points. Isn't that unprecedented? This is good news no matter how you spin it.

Gallup says Bill Clinton won both debates in 96 by 30 points and 35 points. Kerry won by 32, 15, and 14. Obama 08 won by 12, 33, and 26.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Beautiful!

Bit of an overstatement - aren't these the narrowest 'who won?' polls of any of the debates? The main positive for Hillary is that Trump won't have made inroads with undecideds and swing voters from this, which is of course his only chance of victory.

Hillary has won all three debates by 10+ points. Isn't that unprecedented? This is good news no matter how you spin it.

Gallup says Bill Clinton won both debates in 96 by 30 points and 35 points. Kerry won by 32, 15, and 14. Obama 08 won by 12, 33, and 26.

OK, nevermind.

[Lolasknives]

let's wait for the real (non-flash) polls.

it's just stunnung for me that even a hardcore-trump-fan would describe this as winning. most unamerican and factual wrong and unbalanced candidate i have seen.

Please keep preaching. You are a good person.

[heatcharger]

LOL Hillary's currently winning the Breitbart poll by 15%.

Of course, the paid bots haven't been unleashed yet, but it's still funny.

[Speed of Sound]

Hillary Clinton currently leads the Breitbart debate poll 60/40 lol. Also, Drudge's has stayed sub-75 for Trump.

[Lyin' Steve]

Luntz Focus Group:

We love Gary Johnson
We should get rid of the presidency, there have been no good presidents
Both of the candidates are terrible
They never answer the questions, all they do is attack each other
If we were stuck on the side of the road, we don't want Hillary helping us
Trump is more entertaining, we want to spend extended amounts of time with him
Hillary can be my babysitter
Hillary is a "criminal actress"
Clinton is menopausal
Nobody has done anything for my culture
Clinton's best moment:  Accept the election results and stop whining.
Trump's best moment:  How dare you, you were terrible at the state department, country will be in a mess if you are elected.
BUT hey guise why do they keep attacking each other lol the attacks don't affect me!
"I want to like Clinton so much but I just feel like she's lying to me and using the woman card for sympathy"
The constitution says it's our responsibility to question our government by making up conspiracy theories about Benghazi.
"Hillary is the lesser of two evils, I want to pick Trump so badly but I just can't because he's totally crazy."
"Boo, I can't vote for Jill Stein because she's not on my ballot so now I have to vote for a loser."

[Likely Voter]

More from CNN

Who seemed better prepared for the presidency?
Clinton 59
Trump 35

Who agreed with on important issues?
Clinton 50
Trump 47

Who was more sincere and authentic?
Trump 47
Clinton 46

[Ebsy]

Univision poll of viewers had Clinton at 93%.

[BoAtlantis]

More from CNN

Who seemed better prepared for the presidency?
Clinton 59
Trump 35

Who agreed with on important issues?
Clinton 50
Trump 47

Who was more sincere and authentic?
Trump 47
Clinton 46

LOL.............

[Fusionmunster]

More from CNN

Who seemed better prepared for the presidency?
Clinton 59
Trump 35

Who agreed with on important issues?
Clinton 50
Trump 47

Who was more sincere and authentic?
Trump 47
Clinton 46

LOL.............

I would not be surprised if there are more Republicans in this flash poll this go around.

[Likely Voter]

Univision poll of viewers had Clinton at 93%.

Not a surprise, but like Drudge and Breitbart, that is a web viewer/reader poll and not random scientific polls

[Alaska2392]

I feel like the question "Who won the debate?" is kind of an odd question to survey voters at large about.

It assumes that the general public can see that both candidates want to do two things (1) keep the base happy and (2) draw undecided voters to them.

But when you just randomly ask a partisan D or R "Who won the debate?" are people really thinking in those terms or are they just thinking some variation of "Well, I approve of all the things the candidate I already support said - so therefore they won!".

[Lachi]

Hillary Clinton currently leads the Breitbart debate poll 60/40 lol. Also, Drudge's has stayed sub-75 for Trump.

How. Just how?