Between Trump’s lies and Biden’s struggles, voters probably walked away from the debate with a better understanding of why they hate their options

• Biden’s poor performance and Trump’s lies: four key takeaways from debate

Joe Biden and Donald Trump both walked into the presidential debate on Thursday hoping to sway the so-called “double haters”, those voters who disapprove of both candidates and could play a decisive role in the outcome of the election.

In the end, those voters probably walked away from the debate with a more visceral understanding of why they hate their options.

Biden goes into debate against Trump with set of challenges that he must overcome to sell voters on re-electing him

According to Donald Trump, Joe Biden is either a very accomplished or utterly incompetent debater.

When details of the presidential debate, which takes place in Atlanta on Thursday, were announced last month, Trump mocked Biden as “the WORST debater I have ever faced”, adding: “He can’t put two sentences together.” And yet, while speaking to the All-In podcast last week, Trump commended Biden’s showing in the 2012 vice-presidential debate.