Mitt Romney no longer trails Barack Obama in the Pew Research Center’s presidential election polling. By about three-to-one, voters say Romney did a better job than Obama in the Oct. 3 debate, and the Republican is now better regarded on most personal dimensions and on most issues than he was […] Read more »

We now have fairly clear evidence that Mitt Romney received a substantial bounce coming out of last Wednesday’s debate. So how big was the bounce, why did it occur, why was it surprising, will it last, and what does it mean for the race going forward? [cont.] Harry Enten, The […] Read more »

Registered voters’ preferences for president are evenly split in the first three days of Gallup tracking since last Wednesday’s presidential debate. In the three days prior to the debate, Barack Obama had a five-percentage-point edge among registered voters. … Those who viewed the debate overwhelmingly believe Romney did a better […] Read more »

… In the debate post-mortem, Obama’s defenders put forth a variety of explanations for the President’s underwhelming performance, beginning with Stephanie Cutters’ effort in the spin room to implicitly blame moderator Jim Lehrer for not putting a stop to Romney’ s bullying tactics. … I suspect the explanation is far […] Read more »

Pollsters Bill McInturff and Fred Yang speak with Gerald F. Seib, the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Bureau Chief, about the first presidential debate. Read more »