Clinton Homes In on Trump’s Debate Stumbles, Poll & Video

The day after a rehearsed and prepared presidential candidate matched wits with a decidedly improvisational opponent during their first televised debate, Hillary Clinton claimed to have won the night, while Donald Trump insisted he was on a path to win the White House.

“One down. Two to go!” Clinton told a cheering audience in North Carolina on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Trump told supporters at a rally in Melbourne, Fla.: “Almost every single poll had us winning the debate against crooked Hillary Clinton — big league.”

As many have noted, the online polls Trump cited are unscientific.

The Trump campaign later issued a news release touting the candidate’s haul of post-debate donations. “As a result of Donald Trump’s huge debate win last night, we had a massive fundraising day bringing in more than $18 million. ”

But Clinton, speaking to a community college crowd in Raleigh, described Monday’s 98-minute debate with an air of triumph. Her opponent’s statements, she said, chuckling, created “a lot of work for fact-checkers.”

Whether it was Clinton or Trump who sailed out of the debate as measured by polls and surveys in key swing states won’t be known for the better part of a week. It is possible that both candidates pleased their admirers without moving the needle very much among voters who are undecided, say they are unlikely to vote, or are contemplating a third party alternative.

But just as she intensively prepared for her face-off against Trump at Hofstra University, Clinton and her campaign followed a discernible strategy Tuesday: They endeavored to transform any new enthusiasm into voter registration and early voting, which has begun in some states. And they are eager to keep Trump on defense.

[vc_btn title=”More on Clinton and post debate” style=”outline” color=”primary” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realclearpolitics.com%2Farticles%2F2016%2F09%2F28%2Fclinton_homes_in_on_trumps_debate_stumbles.html|title:More%20on%20Clinton%20and%20post%20ebate|target:%20_blank|”][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By  Alexis Simendinger & Rebecca Berg, RealClearPolitics, excerpt posted on SouthFloridaReporter.com Sept. 28, 2016 [/vc_message]

Ian Bremmer, president and founder at Eurasia Group, recaps the first U.S. presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

 

Wednesday, September 28

Race/Topic   (Click to Sort)	Poll	Results	Spread
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton	LA Times/USC Tracking	Clinton 43, Trump 47	Trump +4

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