memeorandum: CBS News VP debate poll shows voter reactions to Vance-Walz showdown (CBS News)

6:20 PM ET, October 2, 2024

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CBS News VP debate poll shows voter reactions to Vance-Walz showdown — In the first — and likely only — vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, voters who watched Tuesday night said it was an almost even match, and an overwhelming majority felt the tone of the debate was positive.

Will Saletan / The Bulwark:

The One Question That Mattered in the VP Debate — IN TUESDAY NIGHT'S VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, JD Vance and Tim Walz covered lots of issues: inflation, housing, guns, abortion, immigration, health care, and much more. — But there was only one question on which the vice presidency …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post and WisPolitics

Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:

Walz vs Vance: Fact Checking the VP Debate — Tim Walz and JD Vance met for their first and only Vice Presidential debate. Below I provide a comprehensive analysis on 10 of the most salient questions and subjects. We have a lot to cover so let's dive in. Likewise, please consider subscribing to support my work and advocacy.

Discussion: NPR and Fox News

Melanie Mason / Politico:

Dead even: POLITICO snap poll shows stark division on debate — The results reflect the country's hyper-polarized politics. — Talk about a divided nation: There was no decisive winner in the first-and-only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election. — Asked who won Tuesday's debate …

Discussion: New York Magazine, New York Times, Florida Phoenix, Townhall, New Republic, The Hill, USA Today, The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner

Joe Navarro / Politico:

8 Body Language Tells From the Vice Presidential Debate — Body language revealed even more than words on the debate stage. — Before vice presidential contenders JD Vance and Tim Walz so much as opened their mouths on the debate stage in New York tonight, they both started talking to me.

Discussion: Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, RedState, Blaze Media, Fox News, Twitchy, Deadline and New York Times

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Was So Good, It May Drive Trump Crazy

Discussion: Notes from the Middleground, Popular Information, PoliticusUSA, Politico, emptywheel, Slate and NOTUS

Wall Street Journal:
Vance Makes a Better Case for Trump Than Trump

Discussion: The Hill, New York Times, Fox News, IJR, American Thinker, Plain Dealer, Washington Examiner, NewsNation and NOTUS

Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Read the full VP debate transcript from the Walz-Vance showdown

Discussion: FactCheck.org, Washington Examiner, Roll Call, Washington Post, Esquire, Daily Caller News Foundation, Breitbart, New Republic, Times of San Diego, Raw Story, Axios, Blaze Media, New York Post, Althouse, Mock Paper Scissors, So What, Advocate and Steve Sailer

Brad Reed / Raw Story:
J.D. Vance's ‘brazen lying’ leaves veteran health care reporter stunned

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Vance Warning — Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Truthout, Politico, National Review, RedState, JNS.org, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Washington Examiner and USA Today

NBC News:
VP debate highlights: Walz and Vance spar over immigration, abortion and gun violence

Discussion: Washington Times, Media Matters for America, CNN, New York Times, Boston.com, Washington Post, Daily Caller News Foundation, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Dispatch, Human Events, USA Today, Fox News, New Republic, NPR and Boston Herald

The Daily Beast:
Vance Rips Walz After Missing His ‘Friends With School Shooters’ Flub

Discussion: NOTUS, The Hill, Wired, Human Events, BizPac Review, American Military News, Washington Examiner, The Sun and One America News Network

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Vance-Walz Debate Draws 43 Million Viewers, Below 2020 Level

Discussion: Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, El País, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Business Insider and Variety

Vox:
3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate

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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
Did Donald Trump Notice J. D. Vance's Strangest Answer?

Discussion: The Bulwark, Raw Story and Rolling Stone

Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Tiffany Network's Truths

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CNN:
CNN Instant Poll: No clear winner in VP debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Silver Bulletin, New Jersey Online, Breitbart, Mediaite, Washington Post and HuffPost

New York Times:
'Vance's Excellent Reviews Will Enrage Trump': 13 Writers on Who Won the Vice-Presidential Debate

Discussion: Raw Story, Advocate, OutsideTheBeltway, Fox News and Los Angeles Times

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the VP debate between Vance and Walz

Discussion: The Federalist, The Hill, acecomments.mu.nu, Al Jazeera, Reuters and The Times of Israel

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me!

Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Vance oozed confidence compared to jittery Walz, body language expert says: ‘Captain of the ship’

Discussion: Deseret News, The National Pulse, RedState, Louder With Crowder and New York Post

Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The only moment from the VP debate that mattered

Marin Scotten / Salon:

Trump backs out of “60 Minutes” interview after appearing “scattered” and incoherent in Wisconsin — Trump's decision to pull out of the event came after he made confused and incoherent remarks on Tuesday — Former President Donald Trump backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” …

Discussion: Poynter, Raw Story, Breitbart, BizPac Review, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Variety, Blaze Media and Associated Press

Washington Post:

Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech — The Republican nominee appeared tired and complained about his heightened campaign schedule. — MILWAUKEE — Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke for 33 minutes before his first mention of the ostensible focus of his remarks.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, The Mahablog and Raw Story

Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:

How unhinged must Trump get to even matter? — The irony is now painful. For many years now, the artsy mountain resort city of Asheville, N.C. has been marketed to a growing retiree population as a “climate refuge,” a temperate inland fortress far from the potential killer hurricanes …

Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump's decompensation was the big debate day story

Discussion: Black America Web

Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:

Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ in booze-fueled assault after date to star-studded gala — Vice President Kamala Harris's husband assaulted his ex-girlfriend, three friends have told Dailymail.com.

Cybele Mayes-Osterman / USA Today:

‘Iran made a big mistake’: Israel promises revenge after missile attack — Israel has vowed revenge after Iran's missile attack on Tuesday, the latest development in what Iran said was a retaliation for Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, and its killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Discussion: Politico, Responsible Statecraft, The National, New York Times, CNN, Al Jazeera, Jewish Insider, The American Spectator, Irish Examiner, abc7NY, Foreign Affairs, Washington Examiner, Black America Web, Wall Street Journal, Semafor, New Republic and CBS News

Robert Sherman / The Hill:
What Iran's missile attack on Israel felt like

Discussion: Euractiv, BBC, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, USA Today, Just Security, Truthout, Washington Examiner, NPR, The Dispatch, WHDH-TV, JNS.org, The Guardian and The New Indian Express

David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran

Discussion: Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, OutsideTheBeltway, The Atlantic, Bloomberg and The Guardian

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:

Internal Emails Reveal How Hate Overwhelmed Springfield After Trump's Lies About Haitian Immigrants — A cache of internal emails obtained by 404 Media using a public records request show the chaos caused by the unfounded racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are “eating the pets” of residents in Springfield, Ohio.

Discussion: Raw Story

ABC News:

Bombshell immunity filing details Trump's alleged ‘increasingly desperate’ bid to overturn 2020 election — Trump privately described claims of voter fraud as “crazy,” the filing says. — In this July 31, 2024, file photo, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waits …

Discussion: CNN, USA Today, NBC News, The Hill, Bloomberg, Scripps News, Slate, NPR, New York Daily News, WHDH-TV, Townhall, Associated Press, NewsNation, Mediaite, Daily Kos and RedState

Wall Street Journal:

Elon Musk Gave Tens of Millions to Republican Causes Far Earlier Than Previously Known — The donations were to groups with ties to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's presidential bid — Elon Musk's financial support for Republican causes has been much more extensive …

Reuters:

US port workers union backed by White House in strike — A strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports entered its second day on Wednesday with no negotiations currently scheduled between the two sides, sources told Reuters.

Discussion: KSDK-TV, Fox Business, Reason, Shore News Network and Raw Story

Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris backs striking port workers, knocks Trump

Discussion: Politico, HuffPost, RedState, Alabama Political Reporter and NewsNation

The Philadelphia Inquirer:

In deep-blue Philly, working class voters are shifting toward Republicans — In deep-blue Philly, working class voters are shifting toward Republicans — Democrats have lost the most ground in neighborhoods where poverty rates are highest. It could hurt Kamala Harris in November.

Discussion: Townhall, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Breitbart and Hartford Courant

Cook Political Report:

Swing State Polling Finds Deadlocked Presidential Contest, ‘Blue Wall’ Senate Races Tighten — A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group (September 19-25; 2,941 voters), shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico, FOX6 News Milwaukee, The Root, New Jersey Online, Mediaite, The Hill, The Guardian, WPR, Forbes and Daily Kos

Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:

Oct. 7 ‘vigil for Gaza’ at University of Maryland ‘inappropriate,’ governor says — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) says he will respect a court decision allowing a “vigil for Gaza” planned at the University of Maryland on Oct. 7, but he considers it “inappropriate” to hold the event on the anniversary of Hamas's attack against Israel.

Discussion: Maryland Matters

The Annenberg Public Policy Center …:

Trust in U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Sink — Driven by political partisanship, public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court has continued a downward slide since the court's 2022 Dobbs decision overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion …

Discussion: The Hill