President Donald Trump won last night’s debate, according to a Twitter poll with over 100,000 people and a focus group of undecided voters conducted by the Los Angeles Times.
A nonpartisan twitter account that posts the latest polling data conducted a poll on the debate. At press time, 101,663 people had responded on twitter to the survey and 71.4% of respondents said President Trump was the winner of the debate, while just 28.6% of people voting felt Joe Biden was the winner.
Anyone could share the poll on twitter, meaning supporters of both presidential hopefuls could have spread the poll to backers of their favorite candidate.
Meanwhile, a focus group conducted by pollster Frank Luntz of voters who are not committed yet to either candidate say they thought Trump won and was more presidential:
SIGN THE PLEDGE: I’m Voting for President Donald Trump!
Though many participants complained about Trump’s “personality” in general, many also felt he had been more “presidential” on the night. And many complained that Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden seemed vague and elusive in his answers.
My focus group’s words to describe Trump tonight:
• “Controlled”
• “Reserved”
• “Poised”
• “Con artist”
• “Surprisingly presidential”Words to describe Biden tonight:
• “Vague”
• “Unspecific”
• “Elusive”
• “Defensive”
• “Grandfatherly”👉🏻 https://t.co/LOOQDLAjoT pic.twitter.com/qa54f6F94S
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 23, 2020
LA Times Undecided Voter Forum:
“If I had to go with one person I’d probably go with Trump because at least he has proven something in his 4 years” – Keita from Georgia pic.twitter.com/Npt7eWOL0D
— Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) October 23, 2020
“I really really really wanted to vote for Joe Biden. I really really do. But, I just, based on tonight’s performance, Donald Trump…” – Jennifer from Michigan pic.twitter.com/TGJyWnJxpR
— Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) October 23, 2020
sss
When it comes to pro-life issues, the president already has the support of numerous pro-life organizations.
“We are proud to endorse the only presidential candidate who stands for the unalienable right to life,” said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee told LifeNews. “From his first day in office, President Trump and his Administration have been dedicated to advancing policies that protect the fundamental right to life for the unborn, the elderly, and the medically dependent and disabled.”
NRLC said Trump has taken steps as president to ensure that Americans are not forced to fund abortions or the abortion industry.
“One of the president’s first acts in office was to restore the Mexico City Policy, which prevents tax funds from being given to organizations that perform abortions or lobby to change abortion laws of host countries. Later, the president expanded this policy to prevent $9 billion in foreign aid from being used to fund the global abortion industry,” the organziation said.
“The Trump Administration also cut off funding to the United Nations Population Fund because of that agency’s involvement with China’s forced abortion program,” NRLC added.
President Trump pledged “to veto any legislation that weakens current pro-life federal policies and laws, or that encourages the destruction of innocent human life at any state.”
The pro-life group also compiled a summary of President Trump’s record on the life issues.
In one of his first acts as president, Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits taxpayer funding to groups that promote or provide abortions overseas. The change defunded Planned Parenthood’s international arm of about $100 million in U.S. tax dollars.
Trump has repeatedly called out the Democratic Party’s extreme position on abortion. During his state of the union address this year, Trump slammed the governors of New York and Virginia for promoting abortion up to birth and infanticide. He also called for Congress to pass a ban on late-term abortions on babies who are capable of feeling pain.
Trump and his administration have made a number of changes to protect those who morally object to abortions, expanding conscience protections for medical workers who believe it is wrong to kill an unborn baby and increasing religious exemptions for Obamacare.
His administration also intervened to stop the United Nations from supporting abortion in a resolution about sexual violence. In 2018, under his leadership, the State Department removed references to the so-called “right” to abort an unborn baby from a global human rights report as well.
This spring, the administration also finalized a new Title X rule that requires health care entities to completely separate abortion from their taxpayer-funded services. Planned Parenthood, which already has said it will not comply, could lose about $60 million annually through the policy change. However, the abortion group is suing to block the cuts.
Trump has appointed dozens of conservative judges to federal courts as well, including two to the U.S. Supreme Court.
