Who won Harris-Trump presidential debate?

NewsNation's Dan Abrams and Chris Stirewalt joined Chris Cuomo to sermon immoderate of the hottest statement topics: Did the moderators favour 1 candidate? Did Harris and Trump execute what they acceptable retired to do?

Trump vs. Harris statement overview

In the muted mic debate, the brace blamed each different for the nation's economical issues, traded jabs astir immigration policy and shared their differing viewpoints connected abortion.

In closing statements, Harris harkened toward the aboriginal and promised to beryllium a president for the people, portion Trump utilized his 2 minutes to reiterate that helium believes the Harris-Biden medication is “the worst” successful U.S. history.

Cuomo pointed to Trump's "witheringly antagonistic presumption of this country," with Abrams saying Trump grew "increasingly negative" arsenic the nighttime wore on.

Though it's overmuch little wide who came retired connected top, NewsNation's analysts tin hold connected a fewer things.

'She decidedly had a amended night': Abrams

Abrams and Cuomo agreed that Harris' hopeful rhetoric is much apt to sway undecided voters.

"What were the hopes and the expectations going in? I deliberation she decidedly had a amended nighttime than him," Abrams.

While Trump's messaging astir the Biden administration's deficiency of accomplishments oregon follow-through could person landed, Abrams said his negativity clouded that point.

Harris, Abrams said, "successfully triggered him" by calling him anemic and pointing retired that immoderate of his closest advisers are nary longer by his side.

"He wouldn't adjacent look astatine her, which I deliberation is simply a mistake connected a quality level," Cuomo added.

"My verdict is: She prepared, and helium did not prepare," Stirewalt said. "He famously doesn't similar to prepare. He famously doesn't similar to bash his homework. And she did, and you could archer tonight."

'Harris got assistance from moderators': Stirewalt

Stirewalt told Cuomo and Abrams that helium felt arsenic though the moderators went harder connected Trump, a sentiment echoed by Republicans.

Cuomo asked Stirewalt to clarify his statement, asking: "Do you judge that they were helping Harris, oregon helium requires much fact-checking due to the fact that helium is wholly reckless with the information connected a regular ground much than anyone he's ever connected signifier with?"

"A batch of Republicans contiguous are going to instrumentality comfortableness from the information that it was unfair, that it was rigged, that it was bad," Stirewalt said.

Abrams added that if the GOP leans connected calling retired the referees, "That's erstwhile you cognize they've lost."

While Democrats and Republicans mightiness judge their campaigner came retired connected top, 1 happening is clear: It was a livelier statement than the precocious June lawsuit that led to President Joe Biden’s exit from the race.

The 90-minute statement could person a profound interaction connected the Nov. 5 election, with 30% of registered voters telling an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll the statement volition assistance them determine however to formed their ballots.

Harris, Trump tied successful predebate polls

The forum marked the archetypal face-to-face matchup betwixt Harris and Trump, who were cervix and cervix successful predebate polls.