Today’s 2020 Election Polls: Biden Won The Debate, Surveys Show
Jack Brewster
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Six in ten voters said Biden won the debate Tuesday, while just 28% said Trump did, a CNN poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS found.
An even larger majority (65%) said Biden was “more truthful” in his answers than Trump was (29%), according to the CNN survey.
63% of voters said Biden had a better plan for solving the country’s problems than Trump (30%).
Biden was also victorious in a CBS News/YouGov poll taken after the debate, with 48% of voters saying that Biden won, while 41% said the same about Trump (10% said the debate was a tie).
Voters in the CBS News/YouGov survey, however, were down about the tone of the debate, with 83% of viewers saying it was “negative,” while just 17% said it was positive.
69% of voters said the debate made them feel “annoyed,” a possible indication that the chaotic nature of the debate was not well received by Americans.
51% of debate watchers in a poll from Data Progress said Biden won, while 39% said the same about Trump.