Biden’s ‘Hard Night’ at Debate Surprises Voters Who Had High Expectations
Before Thursday, voters were nearly evenly split on how President Biden would perform during the first presidential debate: 46 percent of registered voters said Mr. Biden would do well, and 49 percent predicted he would not, in a recent Times/Siena poll. More registered voters — 60 percent — said they thought former President Donald J. Trump would do well, and 34 percent said he would not.