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After debate polls reveal Trump voters were about twice as likely as Harris supporters to say it at least made them “reconsider” their voting for Trump. The CNN poll showed Harris winning the debate 63 percent to 37 percent among debate-watchers, while the YouGov poll showed her winning 54-31 among registered voters who watched at least some of the debate, with 14 percent unsure. (Trump has cited his own improbably wide margins in some unscientific online polls — posting a series of them on Truth Social — but those polls don’t reflect the actual electorate.)
However, though it’s worth noting that a strong debate doesn’t always necessarily translate into a White House victory.
The biggest margins:
However, though it’s worth noting that a strong debate doesn’t always necessarily translate into a White House victory.
The biggest margins:
- Biden’s 60-28 win in his first 2020 debate against Trump, when Trump was widely panned for constantly interrupting and strained to avoid repudiating white supremacists.
- Hillary Clinton’s 62-27 win over Trump in the first debate of 2016.
- Mitt Romney’s 67-25 win over then-President Barack Obama in the first debate of 2012.