The majority of voters who watched the presidential debate Tuesday (September 10) believe Vice President Kamala Harris outperformed former President Donald Trump, according to a flash poll conducted by SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
Harris’ performance was favored by 63% of respondents, which outpaced expectations for her and President Joe Biden‘s performance against Trump in a previous debate held in July, prior to Biden ending his re-election campaign. The same voters were evenly split at 50% on which candidate would perform the strongest prior to the debate.
Additionally, 96% of Harris supporters said their candidate had a better performance while a smaller 69% majority of Trump’s supporters believed he had a stronger showing. The former president claimed he did a “great job” in what he called an “unfair” and “rigged” presidential debate Harris broadcasted and moderated by ABC News.
Trump, 78, called into FOX News‘ morning show FOX & Friends and claimed “it was three on one” after he was fact checked by ABC News moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir several times.
“I thought I did a great job,” Trump said.
“It was a rigged deal, as I assumed it would be, because when you looked at the fact that they were correcting everything and not correcting with her,” he added
“It was a three-on-one — that’s OK, I’ve had worse odds before, but never so obvious,” Trump said of the moderators. “They’re dishonest. I think ABC took a big hit last night … They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.”
Davis and Muir corrected Trump a total of four times, which many Republicans perceived as a lack of impartiality, yet the former president still believed he had a strong performance.
“I’ve been told I’m a good debater,” Trump said. “I think it was one of my better debates, maybe my best debate.”
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