U.S Election: Hillary Clinton Crushes Donald Trump in Third Presidential Debate

Democratic Party presidential candidate, Hillary
Clinton has defeated Donald Trump of the Republican
Party in the third presidential debate as she
approaches the election in high spirits.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton won the final presidential debate,
topping Donald Trump by a 13-point margin according
to a CNN/ORC poll of debate watchers, giving Clinton
a clean sweep across all three of this year's
presidential debates.
But Wednesday's debate watchers were closely divided
on which candidate they trusted more on the issues
most important to them.
Overall, 52% who watched tonight's matchup thought
Clinton did the best job, to the 39% that thought
Trump did. That's a tighter margin than in the first two
debates. After the first debate, 62% of those who
watched said Clinton won, 27% Trump, followed by a
57% Clinton to 34% Trump margin for the town hall
debate held October 9.
Half of voters (50%) who watched Wednesday's debate
said Clinton agreed with them more on the important
issues, while 47% thought Trump did, but by wide
margins, they thought Clinton had the better
understanding of the issues, 61% to 31%, and was
better prepared to handle the presidency, 59% to 35%.
Still, most said their minds weren't changed by
tonight's debate, 54% of those who watched said it
would have no effect on their vote, and those who did
feel swayed were about evenly split between Trump
(23%) and Clinton (22%).
Voters who watched were divided on who would better
handle the economy (50% said Clinton, 48% Trump),
immigration (50% Trump to 48% Clinton), or
nominations to the Supreme Court (49% said Trump,
48% Clinton). Clinton held a narrow edge on handling
the federal budget (50% to 46%) while she held a wide
advantage as better able to handle foreign policy (55%
to 41%).
Trump was again seen as spending more time on the
attack, by a 60% to 23% margin, and more said his
attacks were unfair (43%) than said so of Clinton's
jabs at Trump (34%). Even among Republicans, 41%
said they considered Clinton's attacks on Trump's fair,
but Democrats were not nearly as accepting of
Trump's attacks on their nominee (19% said his
attacks against Clinton were fair).
Watchers were split on who was more sincere and
authentic during the debate, with 47% saying Trump
was and 46% seeing Clinton that way. Clinton had a
clear edge on this question after the first debate, 53%
to 40%.