Donald Trump won back his base of voters' support with a performance in the second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton that "salvaged his campaign," pollster John Zogby told Newsmax TV Monday.

In an interview on "The Steve Malzberg Show," the author of "We Are Many, We are One" said Trump "won the debate because he came out fighting."

"He's running against the Republican elite as well as the Democratic elite and I think what he did basically is he salvaged his campaign, which means he got his 40 percent back," he said. "I don't think that he gained anything, though."

But Zogby said the presidential race is still "winnable" for Trump.

"I would not count him out yet and remember there are still possibly bombshells out there on the Clinton side as well," he said. "She's still not a lovable character."



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To Clinton's credit, she "did not act as if she was home yet," Zogby said. "She didn't gloat, she didn't laugh, she didn't cackle, she didn't do any of those things that people find annoying. But she's still going to have to bring millennials home to her and I don't think she's there exactly yet."

For example, he pointed out, many millennial women don't know about former President Bill Clinton's past of marital infidelities and his impeachment proceeding.

"That's why she's not home free just yet," he said, adding: "I think that he helped by hurting her."