According to the CNN instant poll just released, of those watching the debate, 60% decided Biden won, compared to the 28% who thought Trump did.
More interestingly, this compares to the pre-debate poll, where 56% thought Biden would win and 43% thought Trump would win.
Meaning Trump BADLY under-performed this evening by 15 points.
Can’t wait to see what other polls will say over the next day or two…
[EDIT] Credit to THirt for sharing these stats as well in the comments below:
Who was more truthful in his answers?
Biden 65% (+36)
Trump 29%
From CBS News poll:
Tonight Debate made you think…
Biden:
Better of him 38% (+6)
Worse of him 32%.
Trump:
Better of him 24% (-18)
Worse of him 42%
[EDIT #2] Some methodology from the CNN article:
The survey is designed to be representative of those registered voters who watched Tuesday's debate, it does not represent the views of all Americans.
The voters who watched the debate were more partisan than Americans as a whole -- 35% identified as independents or non-partisans compared with around 40% in the general public, and the group of debate watchers was more Democratic than a typical survey of all adults, with 39% identifying as Democrats and 25% as Republicans.
The CNN post-debate poll was conducted by SSRS by telephone and includes interviews with 568 registered voters who watched the September 29 debate. Results among debate-watchers have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 6.3 percentage points. Respondents were originally interviewed September 22-27 either by telephone or online, and indicated they planned to watch the debate and would be willing to be re-interviewed when it was over. Respondents initially reached online are members of the SSRS Opinion Panel, a nationally representative probability-based panel.