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Not a azygous elector who participated successful a Fox News Digital absorption group said they felt amended astir President Biden aft watching his show astatine the CNN Presidential Debate connected Thursday.
Democrats, independents and Republicans who gave their real-time absorption to the statement said that erstwhile President Trump appeared stronger than Biden erstwhile it came to effectual connection and the quality to look similar a leader.
"He got disconnected to a horrible start," a antheral elector told absorption radical person Lee Carter, president of Maslansky and Partners. "At the opening helium couldn't adjacent enactment a condemnation unneurotic astatine the opening statement."
One pistillate expressed disappointment successful the debate, noting that Biden and Trump spent much clip attacking each other's records than discussing the problems facing the country.
President Biden and erstwhile President Trump debated connected Thursday night. (Getty Images)
"I deliberation they're conscionable battling each other, like, caput connected and not addressing the existent problems. Like, they're conscionable trying to beryllium connected apical of each other. It conscionable felt like, I don't know, a fist combat to me," she said.
A antheral who said helium was "okay" with Biden's performance suggested the president would person been helped if his microphone was person to his mouth. Biden's dependable appeared raspy during the statement and astatine times helium did not task astatine the level of his opponent, Trump.
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A Fox News Digital absorption radical of Republican, Independent and Democratic voters led by Maslansky and Partners President Lee Carter reacted aft the statement concluded to what they saw. (Fox News)
But different pistillate interjected, saying that Biden, arsenic an executive, should beryllium capable to task and pass his points.
"Given that helium was 1 of the earliest, arsenic you mentioned, senators and has been successful authorities for decades, I don't deliberation that is an excuse," she said.
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A antheral elector successful the Fox News Digital absorption radical said erstwhile President Trump looked much similar a person than President Biden. (Fox News)
Another antheral elector compared the carnal beingness of the 2 candidates and said Trump had an edge implicit the 81-year-old Biden.
"Okay, you conscionable instrumentality Trump versus Biden connected the carnal and the quality to communicate: Trump is 78 years aged also, but helium is communicating arsenic if helium was 55 years old, and he's getting his points across, and he's acting similar a leader," a antheral elector said.
At the onset of the discussion, astir fractional of the absorption radical indicated they had concerns astir Trump going into the debate. Voters said they were disquieted helium would not enactment presidential, oregon that helium would beryllium excessively "aggressive" successful going aft Biden.
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More than fractional of the absorption radical aboriginal said Trump exceeded their expectations. Several said the statement format, successful which a candidate's microphone was muted erstwhile it wasn't their crook to speak, yet helped Trump support composure and control.
"I deliberation they meant to assistance Biden but they ended up helping Trump," 1 elector said.
"Because they unopen him up."
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