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Las Vegas, Oct 20: Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has won the third and final Presidential debate with her Republican rival Donald Trump by an impressive 13 percentage points after a feisty fight here, according to the latest poll. Overall 52 per cent of those who watched the debate said Clinton did the best job, while 39 per cent said Trump was the winner, CNN said, releasing the results of its unscientific poll. As per CNN, Clinton has won all the three Presidential debates. But it noted that the victory margin was narrowest for Clinton in the third and final debate in Las Vegas. She won the first debate in New York by 35 point margin and the second debate in St Louis with 23 points.
Clinton also won the Breitbart online poll, according to which she had the support of 59.3 per cent of the respondents, while 40.65 backed Trump. This is interesting because Trump’s campaign CEO is former Breitbart chairman Steve Bannon. Meanwhile, both the camps declared victory for themselves. “Wednesday night, Donald Trump succeeded in reminding the American people once again that Hillary Clinton’s actions have disqualified her from being our Commander-In-Chief,” said Congressman Bill Johnson in a statement issued by the Trump campaign. “During Wednesday night’s final debate, the American people again saw the stark contrast in this Presidential election. Trump is an outsider businessman who is helping hard working Americans get from payday to payday,” said Senator David Perdue from Georgia. “The third and final Presidential debate has ended, and it can now be said: Clinton crushed Trump in the most effective series of debate performances in modern political history,” Vox said.
Trump comment evokes laughter from crowd!
Las Vegas: In an amusing moment during the fiery final Presidential debate, Donald Trump’s assertion that “nobody has more respect for women” than him evoked laughter from the audiance, prompting the moderator to step in and hush them. The third and final debate was characterised by heated exchanges between the 70-year-old Republican candidate and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Trump dismissed as “totally false” the sexual assault allegations against him and insisted that Clinton’s husband Bill has been accused of worse attitudes towards women and she should be held accountable for him. Clinton said: “Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. He goes after their dignity, their self-worth, and I don’t think there is a woman anywhere who doesn’t know what that feels like.” Trump interjected: “Nobody has more respect for women than I do. Nobody.” At which point, laughter from the audience was audible.
Voting for Clinton or Trump? Tweetcast can tell!
Washington: Scientists have developed an online tool Tweetcast that can predict whether citizens will vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the upcoming US Presidential elections – one of the most adversarial contests in recent history. TweetCast uses a machine-learning algorithm to examine words, hashtags, tagged usernames and mentioned websites to uncover which terms are most predictive of voting preference. The tool, developed by researchers of Northwestern University in the US, can also predict which party will dominate a particular state in the November 8 elections. Tweeting the words “lying,” “liberal,” “illegal” and “money,” for example, indicates a vote for Republican candidate Trump. Using the words “single,” “humanity,” “rights” and “y’all,” on the other hand, predicts a vote for Democratic rival Clinton.
Record 200 mn registered US voters
Washington: A record 200 million people in the US have registered to vote in the November 8 Presidential election, according to a Democratic political data firm which cited aggressive registration activity especially in key battleground states. Voter registration in America has soared to new heights as 200 million people are now registered to vote for the first time in US history, Politico reported, quoting TargetSmart, a Democratic political data firm as saying. There is no current national database of voter registration in the US because each state independently runs its own election, the report said.
‘Trump trashing US democratic process’
Las Vegas: Slamming Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump for his refusal to commit that he will accept the results of the November 8 polls, top American newspapers Thursday described his remarks as a “contempt” for democracy. “Trump’s breathtaking repudiation of American democracy,” screamed The Washington Post in its lead editorial, while The New York Times described this as a “contempt” for democracy.”Mr Trump’s meltdown in the closing weeks could be dismissed as a sore loser’s bizarre attempt at rationalising his likely defeat. But his trashing of the democratic process, in service of his own ego, risks lasting damage to the country, and politicians of both parties should recoil from him and his cynical example,” The New York Times editorial board said.
Quote: He (Trump) hasn’t spent his whole life to be up on the debate stage like a career politician. He spent his life creating jobs, building things, doing things that would benefit American workers in this country
Violence possibile on US election day
New York: Amid Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump’s calls to be vigilant against voter fraud on election day, an expert in the US has warned that “violence is certainly a possibility” at these places if a significant number of his supporters show up and challenge voters. “The chance for mischief at the polling places, if there are significant numbers of Trump supporters showing up and challenging voters on sight – who knows what could happen? But violence is certainly a possibility,” Dean of the Austin Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College David Birdsell said.
Clinton, Trump spar on Second Amendment issue
Las Vegas: In the final US Presidential debate Thursday Republican candidate Donald Trump argued that the Second Amendment giving rights to citizens to bear arms be upheld, while his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton called for measures to prevent killings by those who carry firearms. Given that the next President is likely to appoint several Supreme Court judges, the views of the two Presidential candidates –- Clinton and Trump are crucial for the American people who vote in the November 8 general elections. Clinton said she supports the Second Amendment but, there needs to be a move to prevent unlawful elements carrying fire arms for killing people. “Some 33,000 people die every year in the US because of shooting. Trump is opposed to any kind of restrictions on the freedom being given to people by the Second Amendment,” she said.
