# How many times have Hillary and Donald shaken hands this campaign season?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 8, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057 "2016-11-08T10:18:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057/1 "2016-11-08T10:18:24Z")

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They shook hands at the first debate although famously, not at the second or 3rd ones. They shook hands during the Al Smith dinner. Apart from that, have they been in the same room together since the election started?

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057/2 "2016-11-08T11:51:14Z")

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I thought they shook at the end of the second debate, although not at the beginning?

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**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057/3 "2016-11-08T15:26:41Z")

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I’m wondering if they’ll still be friends, after today.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057/4 "2016-11-08T16:32:23Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> I thought they shook at the end of the second debate, although not at the beginning?

This is correct.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057/5 "2016-11-08T16:42:35Z")

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I dunno. He really seems to like her, though: [WATCH: {videotitle} Video | Jimmy Kimmel Live!](http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/featured/VDKA3503215)

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**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-hillary-and-donald-shaken-hands-this-campaign-season/771057/6 "2016-11-08T17:20:28Z")

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> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#):
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> I’m wondering if they’ll still be friends, after today.

He’ll probably be sending big donations to the Clinton Foundation to get access and buy support for tax relief for billionaire real estate developers (I hear they are really hurting…)