trump beat expectations. trump did not win the debate. trump continues to look and sound like he knows very little about any subject except for a few lines thrown to his
rabid supporters. there is no way that trump won the debate on substance or knowledge.
These debates are 'won' through viewers perceptions. If Trump beat expectations and Hillary performed as expected then Trump 'won'.
Until we start having these debates using Oxford debating rules this is how it will be.
Personally, I thought Trump put more detail into his answers than he has in any debate to date. This doesn't mean I wasn't cringing a good deal of the time, but he did much much better, landing the punches he needed to land.
She came across as scripted and ice cold. IMO.