Lets Get Real:
Thus my projection for tonight, well on basic political grounding the debate should go to HRC. The candidate and her campaign know this could be IT, the time that the US voters decide on the result. On the other hand in 1960 JFK won the first debate, those that just heard the debate on the radio thought Nixon had won, and in the further debates the Nixon Campaigned closed the contest down, thus making the narrow historic win for JFK. The next time there were Presidential debates was in 1976, Nixon decided he was not going through 1960 again in 68 or 72. In 1976 President Ford stated that Eastern Europe was not under the control of the USSR, that cost the Ford Campaign. On January 1977 Jimmy Carter was elected. In 1980 88 million Americans watched the Carter vs. Reagan debate. the Gipper won and then the election. In 1992 Bush 41 showed his distaste for the debate by looking at watch, as to check when it would be finished. The only result was the he was finished and thus come the Clintons. The above are examples, it will be interesting to see who WINS tonight and the perceived winner after a few days.