Analysis
Last night's dueling town halls were better than a debate would have been and three other takeaways

No one can blame even the most earnest political junkie or the most informed voter if they decided Thursday night to just watch Netflix instead of the dueling town hall meetings involving the two major presidential candidates on two different television networks in two different cities and at the exact same time.

The evening turned into a choose your own adventure. The bottom line is that it probably changed zero voters' minds and didn’t alter what appears to be a strong Joe Biden lead in the race.

Here are four takeaways from the pair of events. 

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Fact checking claims from Trump and Biden during their town halls
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Commentary
There was no winner of the dueling town halls. But there were losers, lots of them: voters

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