The dust has settled, and the various campaigns have reorganized appropriately, but as the final spin is refined, who really came out on top of the GOP presidential debate? And more importantly, who ended up losing?
Since the Aug. 23 GOP debate, only two major presidential polls have been released: one by the New York Post, the other by Emerson College Polling. Both of these surveys showed that Donald Trump was leading over Joe Biden by a small percentage (3% and 2% respectively). It seems the debate, while not harming the current president’s numbers, has firmed up the former president’s. So, how did the GOP debate – at which Trump was notably absent – manage to improve his standing in the polls?
No Rivals for Trump?
Two notable factors about Republican voters are present in the Emerson polling. First, “A plurality (31%) of voters who have heard, seen, or read about the…
