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Did Donald Trump win the second presidential debate on Sunday?

That's up for voters to decide. But there is one area where he trounced Hillary Clinton: interrupting his opponent. 

Trump interrupted Clinton 18 times during the second presidential debate. Clinton interrupted Trump only once#debatenight pic.twitter.com/75eZ407vab

— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 10, 2016

The moderators interrupted 41 times during the 90 minute debate#debate https://t.co/277zJ3TeDa pic.twitter.com/sJaLJD7j4r

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) October 10, 2016

Yes, if speaking over the other candidate was the aim of the debate, Trump won handilyVox put the score at 18-1, while FiveThirtyEight had a similar score (19-3) when it came to "fleeting interjections," which it defined as yelling while the other person was talking. (For the more dramatic full interruption — which required actually cutting the other person off and seizing the floor — Trump "won" 8-0.)  Read more...

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