In perhaps only presidential debate, Harris, Trump present contrasting visions for America

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "Trump twice declined to say that it was in the best interest of the U.S. for Ukraine to win its war against Russia.
55% : "Kamala Harris," she said, extending her hand to Trump, who received it in a handshake -- the first presidential debate handshake since the 2016 campaign.
51% : "I think the American people want better than that, want better than this," she said, nodding toward Trump.
50% : As Harris seemed to try to interject during one of his responses, Trump replied, "I'm talking now, sound familiar?" harkening back to a moment when Harris shut down an interruption from then-Vice President Mike Pence.
48% : Sign Up for Newsletters Email* Select Newsletters to Sign Up For News Updates Breaking News Sports Digest Obituaries and Death Notices SubmitHarris has sought to defend her shifts away from liberal causes to more moderate stances on fracking, expanding Medicare for all and mandatory gun buyback programs -- and even backing away from her position that plastic straws should be banned -- as pragmatism, insisting that her "values remain the same.
46% : Trump, meanwhile, quickly went after Harris for abandoning some of her past liberal positions and said: "She's going to my philosophy now.
40% : ""Talk about extreme," Harris responded, when Trump repeated claims that immigrants in Ohio are eating their neighbors' dogs and cats.
39% : Trump was stone-faced during her answer but retorted: "I have no sales tax.
36% : "Trump again denied his loss to Biden four years ago, when his efforts to overturn the result inspired the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
32% : "Trump, who is trying to paint the vice president as an out-of-touch liberal while trying to win over voters skeptical he should return to the White House, continued to call Harris a "Marxist," and said "Everyone knows she's a Marxist.
28% : ""I read where she was not Black," Trump said when asked about comments questioning Harris' race, and then he added a minute later, "and then I read that she was Black."
25% : Harris' performance by nearly every measure seemed to be the opposite of President Joe Biden's in June, with answers designed to hit her talking points while needling Trump, whereas Biden at times was muddled, halting and at times incoherent.
21% : Trump declared it "a lie," and said, "I'm not signing a ban and there's no reason to sign a ban.
20% : In one moment, Harris turned to Trump and said that as vice president, she had spoken to foreign leaders, "And they say you're a disgrace.
20% : Harris said Trump has a long history of racial division, going back to when his family's company was investigated for refusing to rent to Black people decades ago.
18% : Harris sharply criticized Trump for the state of the economy and democracy when he left office, as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the nation and after his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
17% : "Harris gave one of her most impassioned answers as she described the ways women have been denied abortion care and other emergency care and said Trump would assign a national abortion ban if he wins.
10% : "Harris quickly tried to turn it around to make Trump look less than sharp.
8% : Trump at one point launched into an attack on Biden, questioning his mental acuity by making the claim that Biden "doesn't even know he's alive.
7% : "Trump in turn tried to link Harris to Biden, questioning why she hadn't acted on her proposed ideas while serving as vice president.
4% : Trump also focused his attacks on Harris over her assignment by Biden to deal with the root causes of illegal migration.
4% : In rapid fashion after the June 27 debate between Trump and Biden, the incumbent bowed out of the race after his disastrous performance, Trump survived an assassination attempt and both sides chose their running mates.

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