Daily Clips: September 27th, 2016
Gun responsibility took center stage in last night’s debate: Hillary Clinton displayed a nuanced understanding of gun violence that compared favorably to Donald Trump’s mumblings about the “hell” of inner cities.
Early polls and focus groups suggest Hillary Clinton won the first debate:
This initial evidence will confirm those spot judgments, and that could matter. As I wrote earlier this month, political science research indicates that media judgments about who “won” a debate could help influence voters’ perceptions of who won.
Great graphic:
Tweet of the day: So presidential. Such a great temperament.
Trump, off balance & on the defensive, attacks … former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. Story: https://t.co/cWw2m08Vwl
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) September 27, 2016