… As I mentioned after the debate, I had not come across a study on the relationship between instant-reaction debate polls and the eventual effect on the horse race polls. So I decided to do a quick one myself. The chart below reflects the candidates that debate watchers deemed to […] Read more »
Latinos show big support for Obama policy
President Barack Obama’s decision to allow some young undocumented immigrants to defer deportation is very popular among Latinos, according to a CNN/ORC International poll released Thursday, pointing to one likely reason the president enjoys high support among the key voting demographic. [cont.] CNN Read more »
Romney Has a Good Night, But No Evidence of Changing the Game
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 »