A CNBC/Change Research poll conducted after Tuesday night's contentious presidential debate puts Democrat nominee Joe Biden ahead of President Donald Trump by 54% to 41% with likely voters, but only 2% of those polled said the debate changed their minds on who will get their vote.
The poll, taken Tuesday night and Wednesday of 925 likely voters nationally, also showed that 53% of likely voters said Biden did a better job in the debate, compared with 29% for Trump, CNBC reports.
In other findings:
- 45% said Trump performed worse than expected, compared to 11% for Biden.
- 98% said the debate didn't change their vote.
- 77% of voters said the debate did not make them feel proud of being an American.
- 55%-28% say there should be more debates this year.
The poll sampled 925 national likely voters and carried a margin of error 3.22 percentage points. The margin grew to 3.47 percentage points in questions about the debate, with 796 voters in the poll saying they watched it.
According to other national poll averages Friday morning:
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