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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 …
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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.


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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …


Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever — Had the debate been a prize fight, it would have been stopped in the third round. But it's not clear in this crazy campaign how much it will matter. — Global Editorial Director, The Huffington Post — HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. I've been traveling …
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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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Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate — Moderator Lester Holt was much harsher on Republican nominee Donald Trump than he was on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the debate Monday evening. — Holt interrupted Trump a record 41 times, either to “fact-check” …
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Most Memorable Lines of the First Presidential Debate
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Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
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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 interrupted Clinton 51 times at the debate. She interrupted him just 17 times.

Clinton Won The Debate, Which Means She's Likely To Gain In The Polls

Lester Holt shows he doesn't know the meaning of impartial
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Clinton goes after Trump's weakness: His famously thin skin
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Transcript of the First Debate
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Holt fact-checks Trump, not Clinton
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EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani: ‘Lester Holt Should Be Ashamed Of Himself’
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The instance when decorum went south for Clinton and Trump
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Debate Fact-Check: How Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Stack Up
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Press Pointed Attacks in Debate
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Clinton, Trump Dive Directly Into Attacks in First Debate
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Presidential Debate: Trump Held Back on Bill Clinton's ‘Transgressions’ Because Chelsea Was ‘In the Room’
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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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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 …


Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead — Donald Trump's charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump's tax-exempt foundation instead …
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