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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
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 …
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CNN:
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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
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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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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.
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate — The political events of the last 15 months have ruined my confidence in my own ability to predict how the electorate will react to events. — So here are a few pieces of evidence, aside from my own impressions from watching …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Early polls and focus groups suggest Hillary Clinton won the debate — It will be a few more days before we get methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the first presidential debate. The indicators we have so far are necessarily incomplete and limited …
Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate — It didn't take long during Monday night's presidential debate before Donald Trump started interrupting Hillary Clinton. A lot, and aggressively. — We kept count — and Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
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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Phillip Stucky / The Daily Caller:
Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate
Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Most Memorable Lines of the First Presidential Debate
Most Memorable Lines of the First Presidential Debate
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Lester Holt shows he doesn't know the meaning of impartial
Lester Holt shows he doesn't know the meaning of impartial
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever
Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever
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TIME:
Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Clinton goes after Trump's weakness: His famously thin skin
Clinton goes after Trump's weakness: His famously thin skin
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Holt fact-checks Trump, not Clinton
Holt fact-checks Trump, not Clinton
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Clinton Proved Trump Is a Man You Can Bait in a Debate
Clinton Proved Trump Is a Man You Can Bait in a Debate
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani: ‘Lester Holt Should Be Ashamed Of Himself’
EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani: ‘Lester Holt Should Be Ashamed Of Himself’
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New York Times:
Transcript of the First Debate
Transcript of the First Debate
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump interrupted Clinton 51 times at the debate. She interrupted him just 17 times.
Trump interrupted Clinton 51 times at the debate. She interrupted him just 17 times.
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Press Pointed Attacks in Debate
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Press Pointed Attacks in Debate
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The instance when decorum went south for Clinton and Trump
The instance when decorum went south for Clinton and Trump
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
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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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump responds to claims that he fat-shamed a Miss Universe winner by ... fat-shaming her again — At Monday night's presidential debate, Hillary Clinton took Donald Trump to task for his many sexist comments, like calling women pigs, slobs, and dogs. And one anecdote in particular stood out …
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump on Former Miss Universe Machado: ‘She Gained a Massive Amount of Weight’ — Donald Trump pushed back against criticism he received from Hillary Clinton during last night's debate regarding his treatment of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, saying “she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.”
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
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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Maria T. Cardona / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton does her homework and shows who's boss — This first presidential debate was Hillary's moment. She owned Donald Trump — like a Girl Boss. And she demonstrated the benefits of good preparation. In fact, one of her greatest moments of the night was when she turned to Trump and said …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump adviser denies climate change is manmade
Trump adviser denies climate change is manmade
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
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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