Poll: Harris Widens Edge after debate Half of voters Think Trump lost the debate

According to the results of a two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll, Democratic presidential candidate Harris slightly widened her advantage after debating Republican rival Donald Trump.

Harris and Trump faced off in their first televised debate Tuesday night, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Sept. 10-11 showing Harris leading Trump by five percentage points among registered voters. A Reuters/Ipsos poll from August 21 to 28 showed Harris leading Trump by four percentage points.

Among voters who watched at least a small portion of Tuesday's presidential debate, 53 percent said Harris won, 24 percent said Trump won, and the rest did not say whether they watched the debate or did not answer questions.

About 52 percent of those who were fairly familiar with the debate said Trump had botched the debate and was not responsive; Twenty-one percent said that about Harris.

Among Republican voters, one in five said Trump was not responsive.

Harris, 59, took the lead in a heated presidential debate that put Trump on the defensive. Harris strongly questioned Trump's suitability for public office by stressing that Trump was convicted of a felony for falsifying business records.

Some 52 percent of voters familiar with the debate said Harris "comes across as having higher moral integrity," compared with 29 percent who said the same about Trump.

Many Republicans have reservations about Trump's performance in the debate. Some 53 percent of Republican voters said Trump was the winner of the debate, while a whopping 91 percent of Democrats said Harris was the winner.

Among Republicans, 31 percent said there was no winner in Tuesday's debate, and 14 percent said Harris outperformed Trump.

Ninety-one percent of registered voters said they watched at least some of the debate, and 44 percent said they watched most of it.

Tuesday night's debate, hosted by ABC, drew 67.1 million television viewers, surpassing the roughly 51 million who watched Trump debate President Joe Biden in June, according to Nielsen viewership data.