Debate 3 Poll, Focus Group, Pundit Reaction Megathread

[Likely Voter]

Once again this thread is for what pundits are saying on who won, along with focus groups and scientific polls.

[Crumpets]

Chris Matthews on MSNBC says he thought this was Trump's best performance of the three, but that Clinton still won. Pretty much everyone else seems focused on the rigging allegations.

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

Watching the post-debate on NBC, and the immediate consensus seems to be that Clinton won.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

CNN ripping into Trump, specifically on not accepting election results

[Likely Voter]

CNN are obsessing over Trump's comment about not necessarily accepting the election. Axelrod (albeit a partisan) called it a "disaster" for Trump. Van Jones says "you can't polish this turd"....they seem to be going into the weeds over what Gore did and didn't do in 2000.

[Lyin' Steve]

Katie Tur seemed like she was just plain done with Trump's sh*t before the debate, seems more subdued now.  She claims that there was a big hit prepared on Benghazi that didn't make it into prime time.

[Fusionmunster]

Katie Tur seemed like she was just plain done with Trump's sh*t before the debate, seems more subdued now.  She claims that there was a big hit prepared on Benghazi that didn't make it into prime time.

They brought the Benghazi mom so i'm sure that's accurate.

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

NBC discussing the refusal to accept the results as well. This is going to be big

[Mike88]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

[Crumpets]

James Carville says he don't think the debate changed anything - Clinton will remain squarely ahead, but Trump can't really go down much further.

[Fusionmunster]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

Thats alot better than last time.

[Maxwell]

Katie Tur seemed like she was just plain done with Trump's sh*t before the debate, seems more subdued now.  She claims that there was a big hit prepared on Benghazi that didn't make it into prime time.

again with Trump just being an inept person.

not like Trump's Benghazi attack was going to make the country, after 4 years of hearing about it constantly and shrugging, realize HUH THIS IS A BIG SCANDAL.

[Ronnie]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

So, basically, Hillary Clinton shut him out.

[Gass3268]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

Better than the last one.

[Crumpets]

Nicole Wallace: "I've heard from Republicans saying this was Hillary's best performance." + Trump "disqualified himself" with comments on accepting the election.

[Lyin' Steve]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

I wonder whether America is just running out of undecideds who aren't secretly voting for Trump?  I feel like most of the centrist and left-leaning undecideds may have decided for Clinton, while there's a lot of right-leaning undecideds who won't say that they're voting Trump.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

All hell was just breaking loose on CNN over the debate.

[Senator-elect Spark]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

I wonder whether America is just running out of undecideds who aren't secretly voting for Trump?  I feel like most of the centrist and left-leaning undecideds may have decided for Clinton, while there's a lot of right-leaning undecideds who won't say that they're voting Trump.

I am now an undecided

[Lyin' Steve]

Nicole Wallace: "I've heard from Republicans saying this was Hillary's best performance." + Trump "disqualified himself" with comments on accepting the election.

They had Nicole Wallace on the right and Sarah Palin meeting with Pence on the left side of the splitscreen on NBC.  Can't have been an accident.

[john cage bubblegum]

James Carville says he don't think the debate changed anything - Clinton will remain squarely ahead, but Trump can't really go down much further.

That's pretty much how I feel about the debate and its effect, or rather lack of effect on the poll numbers.

[Doimper]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

I wonder whether America is just running out of undecideds who aren't secretly voting for Trump?  I feel like most of the centrist and left-leaning undecideds may have decided for Clinton, while there's a lot of right-leaning undecideds who won't say that they're voting Trump.

I am now an undecided

Come on over to the dark side, we've got cookies and concrete policy proposals.

[Mike88]

What's up with all the Jesus signs on CNN???

[kyc0705]

What's up with all the Jesus signs on CNN???

He's the only one that can save us now...

[Senator-elect Spark]

Put this on the debate coverage forum, but here it is:

Frank Luntz focus group:

Trump 14
Clinton 12

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/788934049481957377

I wonder whether America is just running out of undecideds who aren't secretly voting for Trump?  I feel like most of the centrist and left-leaning undecideds may have decided for Clinton, while there's a lot of right-leaning undecideds who won't say that they're voting Trump.

I am now an undecided

Come on over to the dark side, we've got cookies and concrete policy proposals.

Never.

[Likely Voter]

Trump has been dropping on PredictIt, down 3 cents since before the debate, currently at his all time low of 18 cents.