Trump-Biden debate poll

President Joe Biden’s shaky, halting performance in the first U.S. presidential debate left a large majority of viewers believing that his Republican rival Donald Trump came out on top


Performance in debate (%)*

Donald Trump: 67	Joe Biden: 33

Trump would better handle (%)
Both equally (%)
Neither (%)
Biden would better handle (%)
 
Economy 		56 3 11 31
Immigration		55 3 14 27
Protecting democracy	38 8 11 44
Foreign policy		47 5 12 35
Abortion		34 7 17 42


A lot of confidence (%)
Some confidence (%)
No confidence (%)

Biden’s ability to lead country	14 29 57
Trump’s ability to lead country 36 20 44


CNN post-debate poll conducted by SSRS by text message with 565 registered voters who watched debate. Margin of error: ±5.5 points


*Some percentage numbers rounded up


Source: SSRS market research via CNN 
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