Hillary won when it didn't matter. Trump dominated her in the first 30 minutes. Fortunately, too, that the first 30 minutes were about issues that actually matter to the country: Economy, trade, taxes, and jobs. After that, Hillary did put him on the defensive about issues that he explained. She controlled the debate going forward. So yeah, Hillary got Trump rambling about the birther issue and his taxes, but those are such non-impacting points that they don't matter. Voters minds are made up on that, or they don't care.

 

Trump's greatest moments were in the first 30 (when all the normies are watching), and his weakest were in the last 60 (when normies tuned out for football, wrestling, sleep, or whatever). I say Hillary won this debate in a formal manner, but I don't think the polls change at all . Trump just had to look like he belonged on stage, and he accomplished that. Hillary said Trump was unfit temperamentally to even share the stage, but he looked pretty well collected. Just a bit ramble-y (which has always been Trump).

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