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Snap Polls Give Hillary Clinton A Third Debate Victory
Donald Trump needed a major coup to improve his standing in the race. He didn’t come close.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton went three for three in the presidential debates, according to preliminary polls gauging viewers’ reactions to her final matchup Wednesday against Republican Donald Trump.
YouGov’s scientific online snap poll showed Clinton winning by 10 points, 49 percent to 39 percent, among registered voters who watched the debate. Another 10 percent called the debate a tie.
A 68 percent majority of debate watchers, including more than half of the Republican viewers, thought both candidates should “pledge to accept the result of the election,” the survey found. Trump refused during the debate to say he would accept the outcome of the election.
Viewers were more likely to consider Clinton presidential and well-informed on policies, but were almost evenly divided on which candidate they agreed with more on issues including gun control, taxes, Supreme Court nominations, U.S.-Russia relations and immigration. They generally agreed with Trump on trade policy, 50 percent to 41 percent, according to the poll, but sided with Clinton on the “fairness of U.S. elections,” 50 percent to 39 percent.
A CNN/ORC snap poll, which recontacted people who said in a past poll that they planned to watch the debate, gave Clinton a 13-point win, 52 percent to 39 percent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snap-polls-hillary-clinton_us_58083b68e4b0180a36e90be8
Donald Trump needed a major coup to improve his standing in the race. He didn’t come close.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton went three for three in the presidential debates, according to preliminary polls gauging viewers’ reactions to her final matchup Wednesday against Republican Donald Trump.
YouGov’s scientific online snap poll showed Clinton winning by 10 points, 49 percent to 39 percent, among registered voters who watched the debate. Another 10 percent called the debate a tie.
A 68 percent majority of debate watchers, including more than half of the Republican viewers, thought both candidates should “pledge to accept the result of the election,” the survey found. Trump refused during the debate to say he would accept the outcome of the election.
Viewers were more likely to consider Clinton presidential and well-informed on policies, but were almost evenly divided on which candidate they agreed with more on issues including gun control, taxes, Supreme Court nominations, U.S.-Russia relations and immigration. They generally agreed with Trump on trade policy, 50 percent to 41 percent, according to the poll, but sided with Clinton on the “fairness of U.S. elections,” 50 percent to 39 percent.
A CNN/ORC snap poll, which recontacted people who said in a past poll that they planned to watch the debate, gave Clinton a 13-point win, 52 percent to 39 percent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snap-polls-hillary-clinton_us_58083b68e4b0180a36e90be8