I watched the entire debate. Here’s what I saw:
Trump: got wrapped around the axle of things Biden said in an answer when a new question was being asked of him. I saw this a couple times. I understand wanting to make your point clear and to correct errors from your opponent, but when you’ve had your say on a topic, move on. It didn’t show he was really focused like he should have been.
Biden: Lost. And I don’t mean lost the debate, though that too. It started when he came out, smiled real big and waved to the crowd…in an empty room. His demeanor was weak and frail. Most of what he did was to push the same story about his “achievements” that people don’t buy anymore. Trump would make statements about Biden’s performance and at least 3 times all Biden did was to respond by saying “Everything he said was a lie!” More on lying in a moment. Some of his answers seemed to ramble, change topic, and fade off into incoherence.
Both: Some untruths on both sides. But some that were called lies in the debate were actually truths. Example was Trump saying that more people died on Covid under Biden’s efforts than under his own. Biden said this was a lie. The truth is that just under 400,000 died under Trump, well over 800,000 died under Biden. So it was not a lie and declaring it a lie was. But both did similar things. Another thing was that they got way off topic several times. Debating about some report as to who the worst president was and how good they are at gold are two examples. I’m pretty sure not a single American really cared on either topic.
Moderators: Well done. I have to say that the two moderators had a long past of bashing Trump and covering for Biden. But they played it pretty straight as far as I could tell.