Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face off: Takeaways from the debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : "Trump shot back that he has the "most incredible rallies in the history of politics.
71% : Asked why he decided to come to the room, Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity -- "I just felt I wanted to.
58% : "We have to have borders, and we have to have good elections," Trump said.
53% : "I will get it settled before I even become president," Trump said of negotiating a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
49% : "Trump repeated his support for the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 ruling overturning decades-old federal abortion protections.
47% : Trump said.
47% : Trump said.
42% : Asked if he would veto a national abortion ban if approved by Congress, Trump did not answer the question directly, instead pivoting to attack the Biden-Harris administration on its push to offer student loan debt relief.
41% : "But Lawrence Levy, executive dean of Hofstra University's National Center for Suburban Studies, said Trump likely did little to persuade suburban swing voters who helped drive his 2016 victory.
41% : The vice president goaded Trump throughout the night, taking jabs at his campaign rally speeches, listing his recent legal challenges and asserting that other world leaders would mock Trump behind closed doors.
37% : Trump, 78, staging his third Republican bid for the Oval Office, cast the nation as "failing" and "in serious decline.
29% : Trump, who appointed three conservative justices who voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights, argued without evidence that "everyone" wanted abortion access to be regulated by states.
24% : ""You adore strongmen instead of caring about democracy," Harris said after Trump also noted his support from Hungary's authoritarian leader Viktor Orban.
22% : After the debate, Trump made a stop at the debate "spin room," a space typically reserved for campaign surrogates to talk up the candidates to reporters.
18% : Here are five takeaways from Tuesday's presidential debate:Trump's 2016 Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, publicly offered advice to Harris before the debate from her own experience debating Trump -- "Bait him," she told the New York Times.
7% : Harris criticized Trump for his role in blocking the bipartisan deal: "He'd prefer to run on a problem rather than fixing a problem.
6% : Harris, who supports providing U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine to fight Russia, sought to portray Trump as beholden to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while Trump sought to depict Harris as a weak negotiator on the world stage.
5% : Harris took aim at Trump -- noting his swirl of legal challenges and criminal indictments since leaving office -- while Trump cast Harris as inexperienced.
4% : Trump attacked Harris for the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the record number of migrants seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border, while Harris took aim at Trump for helping to kill a bipartisan border security bill by urging Republican lawmakers to oppose it.

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