Did anything transpire on the debate stage that might have assisted this? We might start by asking ourselves: What did anyone, undecided or otherwise, learn about Trump last night? That he’s erratic? That he is bombastic and doesn’t always know what he’s talking about? That he can be a real jerk?

The anti-Trump group described above seems to think that Trump’s supporters adore the former president and that if he were only exposed, the scales would fall from their eyes, and they would see him the same way that many college-educated professionals see him. 

Yet interview after interview shows that almost everyone is keenly aware of Trump’s shortcomings. If I had a nickel for every time that someone said, “I don’t like Trump at all, but I like [insert policy here],” well, I wouldn’t be rich, but I’d have a lot of nickels. Putting it differently: If undecided voters considered Trump to be a very stable genius, they’d probably be Trump supporters today. On the other hand, if convincing them that Trump had real drawbacks were enough to win them over, they would already be Harris voters.

In short: Effectively pantsing Trump may have been cathartic, but it probably didn’t move the ball.