Did ABC compile a post-debate poll showing that 92 percent of respondents believed Donald Trump "won" the September 10, 2024, presidential debate? No, that's not true: A representative for ABC told Lead Stories the ABC labeling on what appeared to be a post-debate poll was "not true." Lead Stories could not find the poll on foxnews.com, but the "poll" had a link to a Fox News polling site. Anyone who visits that site could vote in the current poll topic.
The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here) on September 10, 2024. The caption read:
ABC's Own Post Debate Poll
This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Wed Sep 11 14:04:16 2024 UTC)
Van Scott, the vice president of communications at ABC News, told Lead Stories in a September 11, 2024, email, that it is "not true" that ABC compiled this poll.
There is a headline above the poll that reads, "LIVE NOW: ABC News Presidential Debate with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump," that is more than likely referring to the livestream of the September 10, 2024, debate ABC broadcast on TV. Lead Stories could not find a YouTube video with this exact headline, but here is the full debate on ABC's YouTube channel (archived here).
Lead Stories did find an X post (archived here) from "LiveNOW from FOX." According to that account's bio, "LiveNOW from FOX" is a "non-stop stream of breaking news and live events."
In the lower right corner of the mislabeled "ABC" poll is a link to livenowfox.com/connect. That link goes to what appears to be a daily poll that anyone who visits the link can vote in. At the time of writing, the Fox link poll was about the Justice For 9/11 Act.
Lead Stories found a report on Fox's New York affiliate, on polls from numerous media outlets that were taken right after the September 10, 2024, debate. In it, the article mentioned the same "Who won the debate" poll from LiveNOW from Fox, but with different numbers. Instead of the 92 percent figure in the post that is the focus of this debunk, this poll showed that 68 percent of respondents believed Trump won over Vice President Kamala Harris. Evidence of that is below:
(Source: Fox 5 NY screenshot taken on Wed Sep 11 20:16:21 2024 UTC)
Other Lead Stories fact checks on claims regarding the 2024 U.S. presidential election are here.
