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Debate acrimony reflects dangerously deep divide
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Whether who won the debate will have any effect on independent and undecided voters, will only be clear after wider polls.
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Challenger Joe Biden put up a better-than-expected show in Cleveland on Tuesday night in the first of three head-to-head presidential debates with United States President Donald Trump.
Mr Biden, 77, put Mr Trump, 74, on the defensive and laid to rest doubts as to his own stamina.
