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The panic is driven by the idea that the election outcome somehow changed because of the debate and the critical coverage afterward. That hasn’t shown up in two weeks of polling. So yes it absolutely shows the opposite: we can’t measure a change beyond statistical noise. It’s a non-issue.

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Aubrey Gilleran's avatar Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social
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"Biden is down in all the swing states, but that didn't change" doesn't comfort people who wanted the debate to be a moment for him to start pulling ahead. And the question is now whether he is even capable of pulling ahead. He needed to provide assurance that the September debate would be better.

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Angus Johnston's avatar Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social
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Unless the debate revealed weaknesses which will be an ongoing drag on the campaign, which is—I'd argue—the premise of most of the criticism.

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