After Monday’s debate, 62.5 percent of voters said Trump is unqualified to be president, compared with 57 percent who believe Clinton is qualified after years in the public spotlight as first lady, U.S. senator and U.S. secretary of state.

“The problem for Trump is the debate was the prime opportunity to shift that perception that he wasn’t qualified,” said pollster Richard Czuba, president of the Glengariff Group Inc. “That should have been their No. 1 goal in the debate to come off as a qualified, calm leader.”

A July 30-Aug. 1 News-WDIV survey conducted after the two national conventions found 61 percent of likely voters said Trump was unqualified to lead the country.

“In the next debate, he’s going to have to focus on this issue,” Czuba said.