INQUIRER.net poll: Clinton wins first US presidential debate

Majority of netizens thought US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won the first presidential debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump, according to a Twitter poll by INQUIRER.net.

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Asked “who won the debate night,” 69 percent of respondents picked Clinton, while only 10 percent chose Trump.

Twenty-one percent answered “neither.”

The Twitter poll garnered a total of 1,400 votes.

The first debate saw Clinton and Trump trade barbs over issues like taxes, jobs, racism, sexism and the economy.

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The two are in a neck-and-neck race for the White House, with the former first lady and secretary of state having a slight edge over the celebrity businessman. YG/JE

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