2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt could be that a number of voters saw the real Trump for the first time.
It's very interesting how this debate may have more negative fallout for Trump than the first one. Those in the know say that many Americans don't start to pay attention to the election til around now. If you're not a political or news junkie, you wouldn't have seen Trump rallies. The first debate showed Trump in a whole new light. Defensive.
But this one showed him as his true self. The one that fulminates at rallies that most people know nothing about. I think it's possible that many "undecideds," when they saw the real Trump, were appropriately horrified and decided Anyone But Trump.
I sure hope a bunch thought Hillary was great, contrary to their expectations. I sure did. But Anyone But Trump will do.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)Just a percent or two can bring her victory in some close swing states if some disaffected Repubs were impressed by her dignified, competent performance and her bi-partisan overtures.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Huff Post has something now.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)even the "gracious Trump" some report he is capable of. Instead he gave them angry, childish, frustrated bully Trump.
Unfortunately, Hillary did not have the same opportunity this time to show her own charming side, the one millions saw for the first time ever in the first debate, but I agree that failing this, real-Trump exposure does nicely. The resentful one who looks forward to being so powerful that he can even scores with people who cross him by throwing them in prison.