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CNN Poll of undecided Ohio voters:who did best job? Obama 54%, McCain 34%
favorables up for Obama, his unfavorables down. Favorables/unfavorables unchanged for McCain.
NBC’s focus group of undecided Pennsylvania voters had the Illinois Democrat winning by roughly a 60-40 split.
Frank Luntz’s focus group, over at Fox, showed undecided voters leaning towards Obama because of his position on health care.
CBS’s focus group of independents had the Democratic nominee winning the debate at 39 percent to McCain’s 27 percent, with 35 percent of the respondents saying it was a tie.
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a Democratic polling firm, had a focus group of undecideds leaning to Obama by a margin of 42 percent to 24 percent.
SurveyUSA interviewed 741 debate watchers in the state of Washington, 54 percent of whom thought Obama was the “clear winner” compared with McCain’s 29 percent. That same polling firm had the first debate as a tie. In tonight’s survey: 42 percent of respondents said McCain was too forceful.
How solid was the consensus that Obama scored better tonight? Even Bill Bennett, ever the Republican optimist, conceded that the Illinois Democrat scored higher marks.
The Economist’s correspondent found it rather boring, though his comments are kinda more entertaining. I do recall looking at the clock after 45 minutes thinking this is sorta a long one.
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