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Luntz Focus Group: Trump Won The Debate, But It Was Close
Townhall.com ^ | October 19, 2016 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 10/19/2016 8:21:06 PM PDT by Kaslin

The final presidential debate of the 2016 presidential election is over and according to pollster Frank Luntz and his focus group, Trump was the winner of tonight's debate. That being said, it was close.

href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DebateNight?src=hash">#DebateNight pic.twitter.com/jDV5RP9eno— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 20, 2016

The other winner of the night is moderator Chris Wallace, who did an excellent job managing the candidates, asking questions and staying out of the debate as a contestant.

Chris Wallace is hands down the best moderator of the cycle, bravo #debates— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 20, 2016



TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; debate; donaldtrump; finaldebate; hillary; hillaryrottenclinton; luntz; luntzfocusgroup; trump; trumphillarydebate3
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

The cuck vote? Are you talking about the guys who say “yes dear” by reflex?


61 posted on 10/19/2016 9:00:10 PM PDT by BJ1
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To: Mad Dawgg

Going with “Trump won’t accept a Hillary win” puts voter / election fraud on the table, BIG TIME!


62 posted on 10/19/2016 9:01:03 PM PDT by sourcery (Non Acquiescit: "I do not consent" (Latin))
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To: Kaslin

The best I’ll say for Wallace is that he sucked less than the other mods.


63 posted on 10/19/2016 9:01:11 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent MajorityStands With TRUMP!)
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To: Talisker

Trump won by a mile.

hrc; shallow
defensive.
no substantive answers


64 posted on 10/19/2016 9:02:40 PM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: chris37

Trump won but he didn’t clearly explain some things. You what he was talking about if you follow the news but a lot of people don’t. But that’s Trump’s style. No worries.


65 posted on 10/19/2016 9:03:59 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: gaijin

I would give the debate to Trump on substance, I would give the debate to Hillary on style. That said the debate structure should be analyzed in detail.

Chris Wallace’s questions were fair to both and he moderated the debate fairly one would think. It was not fair.

In light of the recent Wikileaks Chris Wallace left many things of great importance not even mentioned. That was by malice and intent. He was not fair nor honest but was very very good at appearing to be an honest moderator. He was far from being an honest moderator.

Hillary Clinton’s answers to all questions were polished and seamless without hesitation nor thought for pause. Trump would pause a few seconds and then answer. Hillary would immediately go into a smooth practiced speech. She had the questions in advance without any doubt as was proved in prior debates.

Please note that Wallace did not touch the fact that Donna Brazil had the questions in the prior debate, thank you Wikileaks. To touch that question is poison for Mike Wallace.

On rare occasions I have seen Hillary answer questions without preparation or warning of what will be asked. She is hopeless in those instances and looks like a deer in the headlights. On such rare occasions she is quickly ushered aside by aides.

I tip my hat to Mike Wallace. He has made a totally staged debate look like a real debate. He is good. He is very good. He is also, “El Rey de Los Gusanos.”

The translation is, “The King of Worms.” However, in Spanish it much lower than a worm in English. It is not profane but would be more like saying he is a pustule.

Hats off to Mike Wallace, “El Rey de Los Gusanos.” I shall now refer to him as, “La Pustula.”


66 posted on 10/19/2016 9:04:15 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND ROUGHNECK MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN , CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: gaijin

Trump can never win debates on style, smooth practiced delivery or regurgitating talking points with most career politicians. Because that is all the career politicians have been doing all their life...speeches and debates. The country is a disaster (94 Million unemployed, 45 million on food stamps, major manufacturing plants gone, $20 Trillion debt). The career politicians got us here with smooth speeches and debates.

Trump on the other hand talked about immigration, taxes, jobs, foreign trade, military, vets, middle-east chaos, Obamacare, pro-life etc. which are issues which matter most to Americans. Therefore he clearly won on issues.


67 posted on 10/19/2016 9:07:19 PM PDT by entropy12 (TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! PENCE!)
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To: chris37

Well, that does explain her face.


68 posted on 10/19/2016 9:07:56 PM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: Nifster
Actually, Megan Kelly was by far the best moderator from the point of view of patriotic conservatives because first crack out-of-the-box in the first debate she asked the question that identified for those of us who could put aside their fanaticism and listen the issue upon which this election would be won -and lost.


69 posted on 10/19/2016 9:08:51 PM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack!Â… Bull Halsey)
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

I agree. Fox will continue to lose viewers. Maddow beat Megyn Kelly last week for the first time ever.


70 posted on 10/19/2016 9:09:20 PM PDT by peggybac (My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Like Al Gore didn’t accept the Bush win, and sued. I will guarantee if the election is a close as some polls suggest, the looser will not accept the results, and sue like Gore did.


71 posted on 10/19/2016 9:09:45 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: Kaslin

Donald was restrained, trying to make the media feel good. He still did well, If he had been cut lose, he would have been a stick of dynamite


72 posted on 10/19/2016 9:10:52 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter (proawaki)
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To: FreeReign

Gore didn’t accept there results in 2000, either.


73 posted on 10/19/2016 9:12:22 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: sourcery

Love how they say that “our Democracy depends on this” (acceptance). But we depend on rule of law, equal treatment, FBI/IRS/Justice being honest and fair, following the Constitution rather than working around it...all of which have been thrown out the window this past eight years without a peep from all the same people worrying about accepting the election results without question.


74 posted on 10/19/2016 9:14:01 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (Envy is just passive, lazy greed.)
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To: gaijin
Here’s what he DID NOT ask; “And YOU, Hillary...if Donald should win, would you unequivocally accept those results from the American People...?” He was creating the unspoken impression, “I deem that Hillary is SUPPOSED to win.” That’s ridiculous and IT IS WRONG. Trump is going to win, in the end. We just have to keep talking to everyone we know and even those we do not.

Yeah. That was a setup question by Wallace with the headlines already written. But to be fair .. Trump himself accepted the false premise. By saying the election is rigged now does raise a question -- if Trump wins will he then say the election was rigged?

Trump could have just asked Hillary if she will accept the results when he wins. The whole thing was weird as the election is still a few weeks away FCOL!

Having said all that Trump did extremely well tonight and looked Presidential and we might be nipping at gnats.

75 posted on 10/19/2016 9:16:31 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: editor-surveyor
The problem is most people didn't watch the debate, they just hear the reporting afterwards. All they see is the left wing media spin which is Clinton won, and Trump is a fascist because he won't accept the election results.

Notice every single headline is anti-trump.


76 posted on 10/19/2016 9:16:58 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: nathanbedford

OH puuuuleeeze

She was as biased and anti Trump as any of them


77 posted on 10/19/2016 9:18:14 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: nathanbedford

Yes we remember you were one of those hard core Cruz guys.

Just in case anyone mistook that post as anything but something you bitter guys would post.

“Megan Kelly was by far the best moderator from the point of view of patriotic conservatives”?

Yeah, OK..


78 posted on 10/19/2016 9:19:09 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: plain talk
"Yeah. That was a setup question by Wallace with the headlines already written."

Yep like I said on another thread (or maybe it was this one) That is all we will here for the next week or so.

That question was to set the narrative.

79 posted on 10/19/2016 9:19:17 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mjreagan

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There is going to be rampant fraud in every city.

Only a fool would say otherwise.


80 posted on 10/19/2016 9:20:15 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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