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who will win tonights debate ? could trump still win ? thanks
Win what? The debate or the election?
I don't really care whether Trump "wins" tonight's debate. In The 2012 Campaign and the Timeline of Presidential Elections, Erickson and Wlezien show that debates have in recent years done little to sway voters' actions.
Democratic presidential candidate’s percent of two-party vote share one week before the first debate compared to one week after the final debate.
More important, frankly, than which candidate is seen as "winning" a debate is whether the candidate answers the questions one has. In answering those questions, the candidate neither wins nor loses, but rather s/he provides information that one feels one needs in order to make a voting decision. Accordingly, though folks will attest to whom they thought won the debate, the fact of the matter is that a debate "win" does not an electoral college win make.