ABC’s Raddatz: Americans Broadly Pick Harris as the Winner of the Widely Watched Presidential Debate

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RADDATZ: "Good morning, and welcome to “This week.” If you were betting that this week’s ABC debate would be without high drama, verbal clashes, and one of the most memorable, baseless claims in debate history, think pets in Ohio, you would be wrong. But if you were convinced that Kamala Harris would surge ahead in the polls because of her strong debate performance, you would also be wrong. Our brand-new post-debate ABC/ipsos poll out this morning shows that a majority of Americans, 58%, think Harris was the Victor in the debate, but while Harris still has a solid lead in the race nationally, 52% to 46% among likely voters, those voters are almost exactly the same as before the debate, but there were some gains. 69% of Democrats and democratic-leaning independents say the debate made them see Harris more favorably, which could help boost turnout for her in November. Just half as many Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, 34%, say the debate made them see Trump more favorably, and the poll shows Harris advancing among young people who say they’re likely to vote in November. That’s fueled by young women with Harris leading by 38 points among those young women likely to vote. Trump, however, still leads Harris among likely voters on handling the economy and immigration. Of course, this race will all come down to the battleground states, and our fivethirtyeight polling average shows it’s still very much a tossup race, including in Pennsylvania where the debate took place, and where we got a sense of just how close the race is the morning after."