Frank Luntz is the conservative message guru who gave us “death tax”, among other right-wing tropes. He ran a focus group tonight for CBS, and it unambiguously proved that Hillary Clinton absolutely crushed it tonight.
Things started on a good note:
And it got better and better:
A moment here to describe “dials”. In essence, the focus group attendees have a … dial … which they can flip anywhere from “0” to “100” to describe their feelings at the moment. So in this case, the “small loan” defense was a loser. With everyone.
23 minutes in, it seemed like a draw:
Independents had started strong for Clinton, but at some point that cratered.
But it didn’t last. It began with Trump being an asshole to the moderator:
Trump took another hit on his taxes:
And Clinton, she of the supposed low “stamina”, chips away at Trump:
Her numbers further improve when the topic turns to race:
Our nominee was prepared:
Trump’s response on race sucked ass:
Clinton killed it on law and order:
And Trump blew it on birtherism:
And more on birtherism:
Just take a moment to savor that—Trump leaners liked Clinton’s response to Trump’s birtherism than even Dems and undecideds.
So with all that, the results were lopsided:
Clinton also killed it on ISIS … among Trump leaners:
NATO didn’t work for Trump either.
Luntz saw some of his party’s misogyny in action:
Questioning Clinton’s stamina didn’t work very well either:
And Clinton’s response killed it:
Clinton’s final remarks killed it across the board:
Compared to whatever the hell Trump was talking about in the end:
And the final results?
And boom goes the dynamite.