Clinton Dominated First Debate, But What Does She Have To Show For It?

<p>Many are saying Hillary Clinton won the first presidential debate, yet it&#39;s had virtually no effect on her national poll numbers.</p><p>A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/326274653/NBC-News-SurveyMonkey-Toplines-and-Methodology-925-102?secret_password=Amlox28R6VL23C3oHhHA" target="_blank">new poll</a>&nbsp;shows Clinton with a 6-point lead over Donald Trump. That&#39;s pretty much the same as her 5-point lead before the debate.</p><p>And it&#39;s a little surprising, especially when you look at this Washington Post/ABC News Poll. The percentage of voters who said Clinton won the debate was 35 points higher than those who said Trump did.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/why-farmville-s-longwood-university-is-hosting-the-vp-debate/">Meet The Small-Town University Hosting The VP Debate</a></b></p><p>In the past six presidential elections, the debates&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/do-presidential-debates-impact-election-outcomes-n653801" target="_blank">haven&#39;t affected</a>&nbsp;the outcome of the election. This may just be part of that trend.</p><p>But Clinton may have made progress in other ways. Stat news site&nbsp;<a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-how-big-is-hillary-clintons-lead/" target="_blank">FiveThirtyEight</a>&nbsp;focuses on state polls over national polls, and it gives Clinton at 72 percent chance of winning the election a 17-point jump since the debate.</p><p>FiveThirtyEight compared it to a basketball game, where the opposing team scores with a minute left. Even if Clinton&#39;s boosts in the polls are small, with election day approaching, they&#39;re harder for Trump to overcome.</p><p>Trump has an uphill climb, but it&#39;s still not an impossible deficit. The second presidential debate is Sunday.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/bill-clinton-obamacare-is-the-craziest-thing-in-the-world/">Bill Clinton: Obamacare Is &#039;The Craziest Thing In The World&#039;</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/why-farmville-s-longwood-university-is-hosting-the-vp-debate/">Meet The Small-Town University Hosting The VP Debate</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/electoral-deadlock-from-new-mexico-gary-johnson-unlikely/">How New Mexico Could (Maybe) Throw A Wrench In This Year&#039;s Election</a></li></ul>