Debates To Help Half Of U.S. Voters Decide Between Clinton, Trump: Poll (Video)

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A combination photo shows U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) in Los Angeles, California on May 5, 2016 and in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. on May 6, 2016 respectively. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (L) and Jim Urquhart/File Photos

Half of America’s likely voters will rely on the presidential debates to help them make their choice between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.

[Notes: Below are two videos, followed by the latest polls. First video is from Bloomberg TV this morning looking at how the candidates need to perform tonight. Followed by a Veuer report on a Trump “Snapchat Filter.”]

The results show the stakes for the White House rivals as they prepare to face off on Monday at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, for their first of three one-on-one debates, a prime-time TV spectacle expected to draw a Super Bowl-sized audience of 100 million Americans.

Some 50 percent of likely voters think the debates will help inform their decision of whom to support, including 10 percent who say they are not currently leaning either way, according to the opinion poll.

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Some 39 percent said the debates will not help, and 11 percent said they did not know how the debates would affect them.

In a strong signal that most viewers will also be hoping the debates bring clarity, some 72 percent of respondents said they want to see moderators point out when a candidate says something that is untrue. That included 73 percent of people who identified themselves as Trump supporters and 82 percent of those who said they back Clinton, according to the results.

“It helps the audience, particularly me, to recognize what’s bull crap and what’s real,” said Harvey Leven, 63, a teacher from Farmington Hills, Michigan. “It’s easy for the candidates to quote a statistic and people accept it.”

Clinton currently leads in most national polls and holds critical advantages in key swing states like Ohio and North Carolina. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Clinton leading Trump nationally by 4 percentage points.

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BloombergTV: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are preparing to take the stage tonight for the first presidential debate. Ahead of the matchup, the latest Bloomberg Poll finds the two candidates deadlocked at 46 percent of likely voters in a head-to-head contest. Bloomberg’s Megan Murphy previews tonight’s debate on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”


Veuer: Donald Trump is celebrating debate day with a Snapchat filter that attacks Hillary Clinton. Emily Drooby (@emilydrooby) for Veuer has the story.

 


National & Florida Presidential polls from RealClearPoltics

Race/Topic   (Click to Sort) Poll Results Spread
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein Bloomberg Clinton 41, Trump 43, Johnson 8, Stein 4 Trump +2
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton Bloomberg Clinton 46, Trump 46 Tie
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton LA Times/USC Tracking Clinton 42, Trump 46 Trump +4
Colorado: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein CNN/ORC Clinton 41, Trump 42, Johnson 13, Stein 3 Trump +1
Colorado: Trump vs. Clinton CNN/ORC Clinton 49, Trump 47 Clinton +2
Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein CNN/ORC Clinton 45, Trump 44, Johnson 6, Stein 3 Clinton +1
Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton CNN/ORC Clinton 50, Trump 47 Clinton +3

Florida Polling Data

Poll Date Sample MoE
Trump (R)
Clinton (D)
Spread
RCP Average 8/29 – 9/21 45.0 44.9 Trump +0.1
Suffolk* 9/19 – 9/21 500 LV 4.4 45 44 Trump +1
Monmouth* 9/16 – 9/19 400 LV 4.9 41 46 Clinton +5
NY Times/Siena 9/10 – 9/14 867 LV 3.3 43 43 Tie
CNN/ORC 9/7 – 9/12 788 LV 3.5 50 46 Trump +4
CBS News/YouGov* 9/7 – 9/9 1193 LV 3.5 42 44 Clinton +2
JMC Analytics* 9/7 – 9/8 781 LV 3.5 46 42 Trump +4
PPP (D) 9/4 – 9/6 744 LV 3.6 46 47 Clinton +1
Quinnipiac 8/29 – 9/7 761 LV 3.6 47 47 Tie

All Florida: Trump vs. Clinton Polling Data

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Veuer video via Inform.com

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