| | | Presidential debate surprise: Clinton loses ground among some voters in North Carolina
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 6:27 AM
A focus group in Charlotte, N.C. watches the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Justine Miller Charlotte Observer
BY DAVID LIGHTMAN AND TIM FUNK
McClatchy Washington Bureau
CHARLOTTE
Kae Roberts and Jay Eardly were leaning toward Hillary Clinton before Monday night’s debate.
By the end, they had both pulled away.
John Kokos and Hank Federal were undecided going in, potential Clinton backers.
By the end, they’d ruled her out.
Indeed, while polls said that Clinton won the first general election debate with Donald Trump Monday, she may not have won actual votes. And she may even have lost some, at least in the battleground state of North Carolina.
In a focus group of 21 voters from around Charlotte conducted by McClatchy and the Charlotte Observer, four who were up for grabs before the debate moved away from her by the end.
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