Poll Results Suggest More Uncommitted Voters Saw Obama As Debate Winner
UPDATED WITH FINAL NUMBERS CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened.
Thirty-nine percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-four percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-seven percent saw it as a draw.
Forty-six percent of uncommitted voters said their opinion of Obama got better tonight. Thirty-two percent said their opinion of McCain got better.
Sixty-six percent of uncommitted voters think Obama would make the right decisions about the economy. Forty-two percent think McCain would.
Forty-eight percent of these voters think Obama would make the right decisions about Iraq. Fifty-six percent think McCain would.
We will have a full report on the poll later on. Uncommitted voters are those who don't yet know who they will vote for, or who have chosen a candidate but may still change their minds.
The margin of sampling error could be plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on the entire sample.
Click here to read more from the poll.
Thirty-nine percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-four percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-seven percent saw it as a draw.
Forty-six percent of uncommitted voters said their opinion of Obama got better tonight. Thirty-two percent said their opinion of McCain got better.
Sixty-six percent of uncommitted voters think Obama would make the right decisions about the economy. Forty-two percent think McCain would.
Forty-eight percent of these voters think Obama would make the right decisions about Iraq. Fifty-six percent think McCain would.
We will have a full report on the poll later on. Uncommitted voters are those who don't yet know who they will vote for, or who have chosen a candidate but may still change their minds.
The margin of sampling error could be plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on the entire sample.
Click here to read more from the poll.
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See all 506 CommentsUnfortunately having the best ideas and debating skills is not a major consideration for many voters.
I remind the readers that Bush participated in debates many years ago, too. Guess who won those debates?
For a total of 109% of voters. New math? I''m confused. This was also the data displayed on national television on CBS after the debate.
"Forty-six percent of uncommitted voters said their opinion of Obama got better tonight."
And how many had an improved opinion of McCain? No data? Or just not reporting the numbers.
I think the public deserves a little better reporting on such an important issue...
Thank God for John McCain!!!! And Sarah Palin..
consideredahappycomparison;however,like McCain, I have been around awhile- just not as long as he- and I am no fan of Reagan. I almost worked myself into the ground during the first republican experiment of "starve the beast" just to help feed my children, and I have never recieved public assistance.His reminders of how very old he is and trying to bring Reagan to mind
made him seem panicked. I was easier in my mind about leaning toward Obama. Obama just gets what is happening in my country and in the world. McCain cannot get off the subject of his great judgement for the surge in Iraq. I can''t get past the fact we invaded a country illegally and created a haven for terrorism. In addition, we did create the loss of credibility in Aftganistan and McCain chose to ignore this area until now, when we have no resources to fight. His stubborness places us at risk internationally just when we need to be alert to the problems of war and have the money to spend if war becomes necessary. It is beyond irresponsible of McCain. I remember Vietnam very well, and he has our servicemen in the very same ditch and will not let them out. Besides, no matter what McCain says,he is not the great friend of the serviceman he pretends to be. It annoys me when he invokes his service record to further his own ambitions. For that reason Mc Cain has always grated a little.
"Sixty-eight percent of uncommitted voters think Obama would make the right decisions about the economy. Forty-one percent think McCain would. "
Ummm, some people think they would both make the right decisions. Its not a mutually exclusive judgment...
I am a registered Republican, but have more trust in John McCain.
But look, Barack''s winning on the economy and people are filtering everything through that.
I think at this point that McCain''s last hope might be to hope the troopergate scandal turns out bad for Palin so he can use it as an excuse to switch her out for an economic expert with populist appeal. Not sure who he could pick because the person would have to be respected enough for people to accept the person as qualified right off the bad and not upset the base who adores Palin for her conservative values. Who fits that bill?
Also, maybe he''s too far gone for a quality moderate to want to come in at the 11th hour.
I think this debate was McCain''s last hope since he didn''t take a high-profile stand with an alternative plan to the bailout (which he probably didn''t understand).
Barring a world war, I think that''s it . . .
LEARN TO READ. Then again, your comments indicated that you are supporting McCain, so I understand your illiteracy.
So, for the masses, I think McCain was successful and given his choice of Sarah Palin and the tone of his campaign, he''s certainly not targeting the college educated crowd.
NOW THE OLD DUDE LOOKS EVEN DUMBER THEN HE IS.
Did i miss anything ???????
McCain: Huh? Was he there?
Obama was so much more in command of the facts and so much more poised that it made McCain appear the angry old man he is. I listened on the radio, and McC sounded like a tired old Ronny Raygun. He harped on earmarks until I wanted to scream (hint: earmarks aren''t what got us into this current mess). If he mentioned Gen. Petraeus one more time (the wisest person he can think of, btw), I was going to scream. Gen. Petraeus doesn''t run the US military, and he isn''t God incarnate. And the attempt at plucking heart strings with the bracelet comment made me want to lose my enchiladas.
I find it astounding that any thinking person could even consider making McCain the head of anything - especially the United States of America. Time to retire John.
GObama!!!
NurseButch
Here is to energy freedom and a
new electricity grid for wind, solar,clean coal-for energy independence? OBAMA- 2008
Go Obama!
I guess the plus side is that if McCain wins, google''s chimp-o-meter will continue with Palin taking over for W...
They asked each question about each candidate separately, so the totals add up to more than 100%.
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