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A new poll released on Sunday brought good news to former President Donald Trump, revealing that a majority of surveyed voters believe he outperformed President Joe Biden during the presidential debate earlier this week.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Biden faced off on Thursday night in the first presidential debate of this election cycle. The debate was hosted by CNN in Atlanta and featured no live audience.
A CBS News/YouGov poll, conducted shortly after the debate on June 28 and 29, surveyed 1,130 registered voters and provided Trump with several favorable insights. It revealed that he beat Biden on four key criteria: presenting ideas, appearing presidential, inspiring confidence, and explaining plans and policies. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 points.
When asked “Who do you think did the better job, or ‘won’ Thursday’s debate?” 56 percent of voters surveyed answered Trump while 16 percent said Biden.
According to the poll, 47 percent of those surveyed said they believe Trump presented his ideas clearly, compared to only 21 percent for Biden. During the debate, Biden gave several stumbling and at times incoherent and hard to hear responses. A Biden aide told Newsweek late Thursday night that the president was battling a cold during the debate.
Meanwhile, 46 percent who were surveyed believe Trump “appeared presidential” during the debate, with only 28 percent attributing that quality to the incumbent. In the debate follow-up recap, John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent, said Biden’s performance sparked a “deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party.” His performance has led some members of the Democratic Party to consider replacing him as its nominee, however there is no indication of who would be proposed as a candidate and Biden’s campaign has not signaled stepping down.
In a closer comparison, 43 percent felt Trump explained plans and policies well, compared to 35 percent for Biden. The most significant difference among voters was in inspiring confidence: 44 percent said Trump inspired confidence, while only 18 percent said the same for Biden.
The poll shows more voters believed Biden told the truth, with 37 percent compared to Trump’s 29 percent.
During the debate, Trump made false claims about the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, his environmental record, abortion and the economy. While there were misleading statements from both sides, the former president made more than Biden. CNN counted over 30 false statements made by Trump while the network said Biden made at least nine false or misleading statements during the debate.
Despite his performance reviews, the poll wasn’t all positive for Trump. It also revealed that 54 percent of surveyed voters believe Trump should not be running for the Oval Office. This percentage, however, is much better than Biden, with 72 percent of registered voters believing he should not be running for reelection.
Trump’s spokesperson, Steven Cheung, told Newsweek in an email on Sunday afternoon in response to the new poll, “President Trump is a winner and he continues to dominate in national polls and battleground polls.”
Newsweek has reached out to Biden’s campaign for comment via email on Sunday.
On Saturday, Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform, that he didn’t get enough praise for his “fantastic” debate performance.
Since the debate, the former president has been pulling ahead in national polls as reported by FiveThirtyEight’s aggregator. Days before the debate, the national aggregator showed Biden leading Trump by a narrow 0.1 to 0.3 points, but as of Sunday afternoon, it shows Trump ahead of Biden by 1.3 points.
Updated 6/30/24 at 1:33 p.m. ET: This article has been updated to include Cheung’s comment.
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