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Donald Trump was on the business end of the most epic butt-kicking in debate history on Monday night:

Hillary’s debate win from seven scientific polls:

Morning Consult +23

YouGov +16

CNN +35

PPP +11

Gravis/Breitbard +5

Echelon +26

NBC/SM +31 — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 28, 2016

Make it 7 polls for Clinton. The story is pretty consistent, even though they vary slightly in whether it’s debate viewers, followers, etc. pic.twitter.com/0Cpd6rHx69 — Steve Koczela (@skoczela) September 28, 2016

On the bright side, he crushed Hillary in the Drudge online poll, so there’s that.