THE ‘ LAST LAUGH’

HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP TRADED INSULTS AND SPARRED OVER TEMPERAMENT, STAMINA AND JUDGEMENT IN A FIERY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT OFTEN SAW THE REPUBLICAN ON THE BACK FOOT

POLLS AFTER DEBATE

62% voters think Clinton won, says CNN/ ORC poll

61% voters think Trump won, says informal CNBC poll

51% voters thinks Clinton won, says Public Policy Polling

5 million tweets about the debate 62% of them were about Trump

444,000 were about NBC presenter Lester Holt 10,500 were about #UnlikelyDebateGuests

WHAT DOES US MEDIA SAY

New York Times opinion writer Nick Kristof said that Trump had hurt himself. Others said that Clinton had crushed her opponent Washington Post writers unanimously batted for Clinton. They said that Trump did not appear ready to be President Fox News said that Trump struggled LA Times said that Clinton won every round New York Daily News said, “A grumpy loser! Trump pesters, interrupts Hillary throughout debate— but Clinton gets the last laugh.”

A lot of Americans will look at the debate and see an individual who is prepared to become President of the United States, and she was up against an impostor — John Hudak, senior fellow, Brookings Institution