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Post-debate poll: Hillary Clinton takes round one — (CNN)Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night's debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate.
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Donald Trump's Online Trolls Turn on Their ‘God Emperor’ — One of Donald Trump's most ardent fringe message boards appeared to turn on its candidate of choice during Monday night's debate, saying he “got played” and that “this was not supposed to happen.” — 4chan, the alt-right forum …
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The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head for the first time Monday night in a 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The debate, which is expected to draw a record number of viewers …
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Online polls declare Trump debate winner, despite media consensus for Clinton — If polls only included media pundits, Hillary Clinton would have won Monday's debate by a landslide, but online surveys had Donald Trump as the yuge winner. — The Drudge Report poll had 80 percent …
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Clinton Won The Debate, Which Means She's Likely To Gain In The Polls — Democrats woke up on Monday to a spate of bad polls for Hillary Clinton, which brought Donald Trump to perhaps his closest position yet in the Electoral College. They had reason to go to bed feeling a lot better.
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After presidential debate, Clinton falters among some focus group voters in swing state — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kae Roberts and Jay Eardly were leaning toward Hillary Clinton before Monday night's debate. — By the end, they had both pulled away. — John Kokos and Hank Federal were undecided going in, potential Clinton backers.
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Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’ — surrogate Rudy Giuliani floated the prospect of Trump not participating in further general election debates, after what he believes was inappropriate meddling Monday by moderator Lester Holt. — “If I were Donald Trump …
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Debate breaks record as most-watched in U.S. history — Monday night was the most-watched debate in American history. — More than 80 million people tuned in to see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off, setting a new record in the sixty year history of televised presidential debates.
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Voters Nationally Say Clinton Won Debate 51/40 — PPP's post debate survey, sponsored by VoteVets Action Fund, finds that voters nationally think Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the debate, 51/40. — Perhaps most important for Clinton is that among young voters …


5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate
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Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
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Trump: I won every debate poll except CNN
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Campaign manager: Trump does not believe climate change is man made
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Michael Moore appeared frustrated on Twitter following …
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Majority of snap polls show Trump won debate by a landslide despite CNN's overwhelming victory …
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Hillary Clinton's Pitch to End Private Prisons Is the Surprise Hit of the Presidential Debate
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Giuliani: Clinton ‘too stupid to be president’ — Hillary Clinton's decision to stand by her husband and attack former White House intern Monica Lewinsky when news of a sexual relationship between the two broke in 1998 prove that the former secretary of state is “too stupid to be president,” Rudy Giuliani said Monday night.
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Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump — Donald Trump should skip the next two debates unless he gets special guarantees from the moderators, former New York mayor and top Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani told reporters after the debate. — Lester Holt, the NBC News anchor who moderated the debate …
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Donald Trump: ‘Lester Holt did a great job’ — Donald Trump praised Lester Holt's performance as moderator of Monday night's presidential debate, contradicting claims by his supporters that Holt had been unfair. — “I thought Lester did a great job. Honestly, I thought Lester did a great job …


The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman
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Lester Holt shows he doesn't know the meaning of impartial
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The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.
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Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential Debate
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Hillary Clinton does her homework and shows who's boss
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Transcript of the First Debate
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Donald Trump has already flip-flopped on Lester Holt's debate performance
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Who is Alicia Machado? Former Miss Universe said Trump called her Miss Piggy — Clinton: Trump called women pigs, slobs and dogs — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton was making a point about Donald Trump and women at the first presidential debate when she brought up Alicia Machado …
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Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado Won't Be Defined by Donald Trump's Fat-Shaming — When Hillary Clinton called out her opponent's sexism at the first presidential debate, she highlighted a woman who had experienced it firsthand. — In the final minutes of the first presidential debate …
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In Post-Debate Interview, Trump Again Criticizes Pageant-Winner's Weight
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Trump attacks former Miss Universe who ‘gained a massive amount of weight’ and had ‘attitude’
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Trump responds to claims that he fat-shamed a Miss Universe winner by ... fat-shaming her again
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Trump's debate incompetence a slap in the face to his supporters — MORE FROM: — Hillary Clinton was boring and exceptionally well-prepared. Donald Trump was exciting but embarrassingly undisciplined. He began with his strongest argument — that the political class represented …
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Charlotte mayor faces furious crowd at City Council meeting — A furious crowd of citizens criticized and often shouted down Charlotte City Council on Monday night, calling for resignations across the city and chanting, “Hands Down! Shoot Back!” and “No Justice, No Peace!”
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