Viewers reiterated that Biden’s criticisms of Trump were largely justified (73 %% people said he was fair, 5 %% unjust), and were divided over whether Trump’s attacks on Biden were justified (0%%). Ha said, 49%).
That’s a more positive outcome for Trump. In a CNN instant poll after the first presidential debate, only 28% said they thought the president had won the debate, and 67% disapproved of Biden’s criticism.
All said, however, the debate did nothing more to move the impression of any candidate. Biden’s favorable views were 55% before the debate, and he was stable at 56% in the post-debate interview. Similarly, Trump’s numbers remained stable, with 9% saying they favored the president in interviews before Thursday’s debate and 411% saying later.
More debaters said Trump’s performance raised concerns about how he would handle the president (55%) rather than Biden (1%).
Viewers of Thursday’s debate preferred Trump to Biden on the economy (56% said they believed Trump would handle it better vs. 44% who say Biden would do it), and shared equally on both on foreign policy (50). % Prefer Biden, 48% Trump)). Biden has been linked to coronavirus (57% Biden to 41% Trump), climate change (67% Biden to 29% Trump) and U.S. Relied more on controlling racial inequality (62% from Biden to 35% from Trump).
Biden was also seen largely offering a better plan to solve the country’s problems (54% of Biden to a૨% of Trump), and voters were divided over who would be the strongest leader (each %%).
Although Thursday’s incident was much less contradictory than the first presidential debate, Biden was more apt to be seen directly answering the moderator’s questions (62% he said, 31% Trump said).
Women were more likely than men to say that Biden did a better job in the discussion (60% of women said Biden won, 35% said Trump, while 47% of men said Biden won, 44% said Trump did). Independents also largely felt that Biden won (55% Biden to 36% Trump), such as moderate (56% Biden to 37% Trump) and White voters had a college degree (64% Biden to 29% Trump). According to a majority vote, the group backed Biden more than Hillary Clinton in 2016 – the ruling was a split decision, with 46% saying Biden won, 43% Trump and 10%. Both did equally well. Younger voters saw Biden as the 66% to 27% Trump winner among those under 45 years of age.
Biden’s lead over Trump in the post-debate vote is just 1 point longer than Clinton’s victory over Trump in the 2016 final debate audience vote. Biden’s term is the second largest in the CNN poll since the last presidential debate behind Bian Obama, with a 58% to 31% margin over John McCain since the final 2008 debate.
The CNN post-debate poll was conducted by telephone by the SSRS and includes interviews with 585 registered voters who watched the October 5, 22 presidential debate. Discussion-viewers have a sample error margin of plus or minus 7 percent in the results. Defendants were originally interviewed either by telephone or online earlier this month, indicating that they plan to watch the discussion and prepare to be interviewed again when it is over. Respondents who initially reached online are members of the SSRS opinion panel, a national representative probability-based panel.
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