Post-debate CNN poll: Harris seen as winner in a contest that matched expectations - CNNPolitics
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(CNN)More Americans said Sen. Kamala Harris did the best job in the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, according to a CNN Instant Poll of registered voters who watched.
About 6 in 10 (59%) said Harris won, while 38% said Vice President Mike Pence had the better night. View 2020 presidential election polling Those results roughly matched voters' expectations heading into the debate. In interviews conducted before the debate, 61% of those same voters said they expected Harris to win, 36% thought Pence would. Harris did improve her favorability rating among those who watched, according to the poll, while the debate was a wash for Pence. In pre-debate interviews, 56% said they had a positive view of Harris, that rose to 63% after the debate. For Pence, his favorability stood at 41% in both pre- and post-debate interviews. Read More Both vice presidential candidates are broadly seen as qualified to be president: 65% said Pence is qualified to serve as commander in chief should that become necessary, 63% said the same of Harris. Visit CNN's Election Center for full coverage of the 2020 race The CNN post-debate poll was conducted by SSRS by telephone and includes interviews with 609 registered voters who watched the October 7 vice presidential debate. Results among debate-watchers have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.3 percentage points. Respondents were originally interviewed September 30 to October 4 either by telephone or online, and indicated they planned to watch the debate and would be willing to be re-interviewed when it was over. Respondents initially reached online are members of the SSRS Opinion Panel, a nationally representative probability-based panel. This story is breaking and will be updated.
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Six in ten voters say Kamala Harris won the debate!
LOL. That fly was one very unfortunate thing for Pence. Flies do seek out garbage and things that are rotting, don't they.
Flies definitely know bullshit when they smell it.
Leftist liberal leaning CNN is not exactly a non biased or balanced source of info in their reporting.