{"id":274006,"date":"2016-10-19T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/what-to-watch-for-in-last-trump-clinton-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2016-10-19T18:08:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T18:08:59","slug":"what-to-watch-for-in-last-trump-clinton-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/politics\/what-to-watch-for-in-last-trump-clinton-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch for in last Trump-Clinton presidential debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ahead of tonight\u2019s presidential debate, polls show over half of American voters are pessimistic about the candidacy of both Clinton and Trump. The debate comes after a week of women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct and a barrage of hacked emails from the Clinton campaign. <\/p>\n

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The third and final debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is the last chance for the candidates to present their arguments before tens of millions of voters.<\/p>\n

The debate is the last opportunity for Trump to turn the race around, after his repeated questioning of the legitimacy of the election and his predictions it will be stolen through media bias and massive voter fraud.<\/p>\n

Clinton\u2019s campaign has its own challenges \u2013 including a massive release of hacked campaign emails \u2013 and despite the electoral map leaning in her favor, she faces questions about her authenticity and trustworthiness.<\/p>\n

A NBC News\/Wall Street Journal poll<\/a>\u00a0last October asked voters if they were optimistic or pessimistic about Trump\u2019s candidacy, with 67 percent of Americans saying they were pessimistic. This month, that number sat at 65 percent. Asked about Clinton\u2019s candidacy, 56 percent were pessimistic a year ago \u2013 the figure this week is 55 percent.<\/p>\n