The second expert panel hosted by Newswise on the Science of the Presidential Debate between Trump and Clinton took place on Sept. 28. WSU's Jeff Jarman paid attention to an audience reaction in a controlled environment. He analyzed a group of more than 100 students, about evenly split among Clinton-partisan, Trump-partisan, Independents and committed to other candidates. Jarman attempted to answer whether partisan bias influenced the interpretation of the debate and whether a person could be "debiased" or changed from one view to another. Unsurprisingly, their preconceived bias strongly influenced their opinions. Only the group of "undecided" were swayed, with a majority of them indicating Clinton's arguments were stronger. Go to the 26:10 mark of the video (http://www.wichita.edu/j/?5083) to hear Jarman's comments.
