LAS VEGAS — The fundamental question in Wednesday’s debate is whether Donald Trump gets a third chance to convince Americans he is a plausible president. Trump’s people believe he has such a chance, that a large group of voters will be open-minded all the way to Election Day. But the polls suggest he has an impossible job ahead.
The first presidential debate was Trump’s best opportunity to make his case. The day of that debate, Sept. 26, Trump trailed Hillary Clinton by 2.3 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls.
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