CNN said Hillary won the debate. Why do so many polls seem to say otherwise?
 

CNN said Hillary won the debate. Why do so many polls seem to say otherwise?
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On Monday night, nearly all major news networks (including the conservative ones) seemed to agree: Hillary Clinton had won the first presidential debate.

But throughout the night and well into Tuesday morning, people on Twitter shared dozens of debate polls that seemingly concluded that Trump had won the debateCNN must have been biased against Trump. Pundits were elitists. The media conspiracy against Trump, in their minds, had never been more clear.*

The science for their case, however, was far murkier.*

SEE ALSO: #TrumpWon trends in the morning after the debate — with plenty of laughter


Take a look for example, at the polls shared *by conservative news aggregation site, The Drudge Report. At the top of their list was a seemingly scientific post-debate poll claiming to come from ABC News. According to ABC News, Drudge claimed, 54% of respondents would **w be voting for Trump, followed by 21% for Jill Stein, 15% for Gary Johnson, and just 10% for Hillary Clinton, despite the fact that Stein and Johnson didn't even compete in the debate. Read more...

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