{"id":2285247,"date":"2024-06-28T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/focus-group-of-undecided-voters-overwhelmingly-swayed-by-debate-it-wasnt-even-close\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:05:15","slug":"focus-group-of-undecided-voters-overwhelmingly-swayed-by-debate-it-wasnt-even-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/focus-group-of-undecided-voters-overwhelmingly-swayed-by-debate-it-wasnt-even-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus Group of Undecided Voters Overwhelmingly Swayed by Debate &#8211; It Wasn&#8217;t Even Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffocus-group-of-undecided-voters-overwhelmingly-swayed-by-debate-it-wasnt-even-close%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary details \u200ca \u2064clear consensus that\u200b former\u200b President\u2063 Donald Trump was the winner of \u200cthe recent presidential debate, a viewpoint shared across\u2062 various media outlets and among undecided voters. According\u200b to pollster\u2064 Frank Luntz, who\u200b conducted a session\u2064 with undecided voters during the debate, a significant majority shifted their support towards Trump post-debate, despite some not favoring him initially. President Biden appeared to struggle during \u2063the\u200c debate, exhibiting poor health and coherence, which caused concern and criticism among \u2064viewers and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. The discussion \u2063highlighted not only the debate performance but also raised\u200d questions about Biden&#8217;s current fitness to govern, with pointed \u200dcommentary about\u2063 the implications \u200cof \u200bhis apparent health \u200dissues on his presidency and\u200c leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>  &nbsp;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>  &nbsp;June 28, 2024 at 5:45am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The consensus over who won Thursday&rsquo;s presidential debate appears to be relatively unanimous, even across party lines.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that former President Donald Trump won walking away.<\/p>\n<p>The pundits and analysts of many left-leaning outlets, including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1806523693906141444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1806534374034157833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC<\/a>, seem to believe as much.<\/p>\n<p>So does a focus group of undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p>Pollster Frank Luntz watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bidens-performance-bad-people-started-wonder-hallucinated-audience-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday&rsquo;s debate<\/a> while on a video call with the small focus group.<\/p>\n<p>During a commercial break, Luntz asked the voters to raise their hands if they were more convinced to vote for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-roasts-biden-joe-crashes-answer-dont-think-knows-said-either\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following screen shot he took tells quite a story.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After the second commercial break, I asked my focus group of undecided voters how many are more convinced to vote for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>10 of 14 raised their hands&hellip; Even if they didn&rsquo;t like Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>One said: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t even know if Biden can make it to November!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2jmKU8WKd1\">pic.twitter.com\/2jmKU8WKd1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankLuntz\/status\/1806517085314625711?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Did Donald Trump win the debate?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;After the second commercial break, I asked my focus group of undecided voters how many are more convinced to vote for Donald Trump,&rdquo; Luntz wrote. &ldquo;10 of 14 raised their hands&hellip; Even if they didn&rsquo;t like Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One said: &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t even know if Biden can make it to November!&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even more damning for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-union-humiliates-biden-middle-debate-endorsement-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> than that response from Luntz&rsquo;s group was the one that came directly before it.<\/p>\n<p>According to Luntz, also during a commercial break, when he asked the voters whether they were more convinced to vote for Biden, &ldquo;Zero raised their hands.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Half of them say they voted for Biden in 2020,&rdquo; Luntz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the CNN-hosted debate, President Biden suffered gaffes, sounded hoarse, made incoherent statements and overall looked to be in poor health.<\/p>\n<p>Many viewers of the debate took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-stands-foreign-judge-trying-censor-speech-x-resign-impeached\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a> during and following the debate, noting the poor optics coming from the president&rsquo;s side.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here&rsquo;s the thing. Biden is still president, right now. He has been, with obviously bad health, for the past 3.5 years. They say POTUS is the toughest job in the world. He&rsquo;s clearly not up to it.<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;s running this country?<\/p>\n<p>Biden just projected immense weakness &amp; frailty to our&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Smothers (@colinsmo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colinsmo\/status\/1806533663724568629?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden is still president, right now. He has been, with obviously bad health, for the past 3.5 years,&rdquo; one user wrote. &ldquo;Biden just projected immense weakness &amp; frailty to our allies &amp; adversaries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don&rsquo;t know where Joe Biden&rsquo;s mind is, but it&rsquo;s not at this debate.<\/p>\n<p>This is horrific for America.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Debates2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Debates2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPvFfTeShS\">pic.twitter.com\/nPvFfTeShS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarlordDilley\/status\/1806499416158752887?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know where Joe Biden&rsquo;s mind is, but it&rsquo;s not at this debate. This is horrific for America,&rdquo; another posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I blame Jill Biden<br \/> She knows Joe mind is gone<br \/> She obviously would have no problem dragging his corpse across the stage if she could stay in the white house<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KTYG (@Missy10013Kathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Missy10013Kathy\/status\/1806545712278278349?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;I blame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jill-biden-leads-joe-off-stage-cnn-cameras-capture-brutal-debate-moment-insane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Biden<\/a> &hellip; She obviously would have no problem dragging his corpse across the stage if she could stay in the white house,&rdquo; another wrote.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45247\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manager of Writing and Reporting<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45247\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45247\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45247\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45247\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael wrote for a number of entertainment news outlets before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter. He now manages the writing and reporting teams, overseeing the production of commentary, news and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audiences-crave-older-movies-theatrical-re-release-trend-gains-steam-worldwide\/\" title=\"Movie Buffs Desire Vintage Films: Global Resurgence of Theatrical Re-Releases\">original reporting content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Ames, Iowa <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Iowa State University <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Culture, Faith, Politics, Education, Entertainment <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News by Michael Austin, June 28, 2024 &#8211; The consensus from Thursday&#8217;s presidential debate is clear across party lines: former President Donald Trump emerged as the definitive winner. 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