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brooklynite

(94,789 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 02:50 PM Oct 2020

Biden is still leading in the polls, and voters say he won his first debate against Trump

Source: CNBC

Democrat Joe Biden came into the first debate ahead of President Donald Trump in the national polls. If voter reactions to the first debate are any indication, Biden is likely to keep a hold on the lead after the face-off, too.

Here’s what some of the national polling trackers said Thursday morning:
* The NBC News national polling average had Biden up 7.9 points over Trump. That figure is based on an unweighted average of the 10 most recent reliable public opinion polls.
* The RealClearPolitics general election polling average showed Biden with a 6.6-point lead over Trump.
FiveThirtyEight’s national polling tracker gave Biden a 7.6-point advantage.
* Three polls asking who won Tuesday night’s debate show Biden coming out on top – though respondents, along with most commentators and even the moderator himself, gave dismal reviews to the contest itself, which appears to have changed few minds.

A CNBC/Change Research poll conducted Tuesday night and Wednesday found 53% of likely voters nationwide said Biden did a better job in the debate, compared with 29% for Trump. The poll also found 45% of those surveyed saying Trump performed worse than expectations, while 11% said the same for Biden.


Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/01/biden-leads-polls-voters-say-he-beat-trump-in-first-debate.html

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Biden is still leading in the polls, and voters say he won his first debate against Trump (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
"No change" is good news for the front runner. Nt spooky3 Oct 2020 #1
Economy under Trump never as good as under Obama/Biden- he's lying repeatedly about this bw99 Oct 2020 #2
His economy never as good as under Obama/Biden-more documentation bw99 Oct 2020 #3
Corporate Debt To Equity Went Way Up ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #4

bw99

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2. Economy under Trump never as good as under Obama/Biden- he's lying repeatedly about this
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 04:37 PM
Oct 2020

Dems & Biden are giving Trump a free pass on his repeated claims that he had the Greatest Economy ever before the virus-- that's a Lie- his economy was never as good as under Obama/Biden---- Obama/Biden’s Last Three Years Of Job Growth All Beat Trump’s Best Year; and likewise for Reductions in Unemployment- for all races- 7 years of job growth under Obama/Biden after turning around major R recession. The Economy was much better under Obama/Biden. Huge problems under Trump; Contrary to Trump’s repeated LIES, the economy under Trump was never as good as under Obama/Biden
Forbes- https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/02/07/obamas-last-three-years-of-job-growth-all-beat-trumps-best-year/#509ddb616ba6

bw99

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3. His economy never as good as under Obama/Biden-more documentation
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 05:06 PM
Oct 2020

Even before the president’s virus response failure, there were Huge Problems, with huge increases in Deficits, Debt, Farm & Business Bankruptcies, Trade deficits, huge Transfer of Wealth from middle class to Ultra-rich, record gap between rich and poor, etc. His economy never as good as under Obama/Biden---- www.myflcv.com/TOBEComp.html

ProfessorGAC

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4. Corporate Debt To Equity Went Way Up
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:19 PM
Oct 2020

EOY 2016, debt as a % of corporate equity was 44.1% to 47.3% by end of Q2 2020
That's a nearly 8% relative increase in 42 months!
Talk about propping up markets & creating the illusion of prosperity.

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