Here are the results of our “Debate Performance” poll. Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories. Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population. Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect thinking or will of the national majority.
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I voted "Considerable", because I saw it as the beginning of a Trump implosion that will result in enough Republican voters staying home that their down-ballot candidates will suffer as a result.
The new poll will last through election day. Not that it does NOT ask why you prefer of for whom you will vote. It asks who you think will win.
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Thank you for this, Tom.
We are now seeing the Trump campaign imploding in ways we never dared to hope – but, unless you know something I don't, it's not as a result of the first debate. It's as a result of a ta[e surfacing which shows him gleefully admitting to have actually, physically sexually assaulted women. Many women. This was not an accusation, although accusations are now coming forward, It was a confession. So I stand by my original answer which I believe was "small."
I foresaw the Trump Campaign imploding after the first debate, because it put his incompetence on display for all to see. This was before the tape had surfaced, and it has overwhelmed his debate performance, but I did not know it was coming, when I voted.
Hi campaign is imploding, he is imploding, and it will be interesting to see how nature fills the emtiness that will be uncovered when he goes "POP!"
Or, perhaps it will be a simple melt, as in "Oz"
I am embarrassed to see that I voted twice,shows how confused I am. I voted moderate and small, but the odds are better now that he will lose. I think he is guilty of sedition by calling on his followers to revolt if he loses.
God help us if the survey is WRONG!!!
"I voted 'small' because his supporters seem to lack any real ability at cogent thought, following blindly. To draw on his idea, he could walk down the street and shoot someone, but his supporters wouldn't care."
I took the question a little differently. There is no doubt that his performance was deplorable, as was the 2nd debate. But I don't think his base supporters are capable of understanding just how bad he is.
I took the question the same way Lynn did and voted small for the same reason. Drumpf wasn't really going down in the polls after the first debate; the deterioration of his chances came after the tapes were released and even that wouldn't budge his hard core supporters. It may have swayed some undecided voters. But hey, we're talking poll results here, "intention to vote" polls for those who haven't voted early and anything might happen in the next three weeks to change their minds again. This is possibly the craziest election ever and nothing is certain until the last vote is counted.
IF the votes are counted in various places…
Too true. I wish someone would come up with a tongue-in-cheek smiley I could use.
Thanks all! Pooped Hugs!!
Note that in the new poll, two have said they think Stein will win. She will not get 2%.
Ummm – she isn't even on the ballot in all states. I'm not sure in which states she is on the ballot, but it would be interesting to add up all the electoral votes of those states.
42 states, so there are theoretically enough. However, if she pulls 1%, I'll be surprised.