Working in partnership with the Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund, Democracy Corps seated a group of 45 swing voters in Denver to watch and react to the first Presidential debate. This group, which included 16 unmarried women, is part of a larger research effort to take a hard look […] Read more »
Romney Wins Debate, but How Much Does It Matter?
It’s pretty obvious who turned in a stronger performance in the first presidential debate last night. And it certainly wasn’t the incumbent. … If anything, the first 2012 debate provides a good case study about how important debates actually are. If Romney cannot significantly move the polls after turning in […] Read more »
Polls Show a Strong Debate for Romney
Instant-reaction polls conducted by CNN and CBS News suggest that Mitt Romney was the winner of the first presidential debate. … A contradictory data point comes from Google, which is experimenting with online surveys and which collected many of its responses as the debate was under way. … There is […] Read more »
Post-Debate Analysis: ‘The Game Is On’?
We asked political veterans for their reactions to the Obama-Romney debate, and here they provide their analysis of who did best on which points, who had a stronger overall performance — and, most important, whether the debate could change votes. The contributors are Mark S. Mellman, Democratic pollster and Mellman […] Read more »
CBS News Poll: Uncommitted voters say Romney wins debate
By a 2 to 1 margin, uncommitted voters crowned Mitt Romney the winner over President Obama in the first presidential debate in Debate, Colo., on Wednesday night, according to a 500-person instant poll taken by CBS News. [cont.] CBS News Read more »
CNN Poll: Romney wins debate by big margin
Sixty-seven percent of registered voters who watched the debate said GOP nominee Mitt Romney won the debate, while 25% said President Barack Obama came out as the winner, according to a CNN/ORC International Poll released late Wednesday night. [cont.] CNN Read more »