2nd debate, who won? Obama or Romney?

[gergroy]

drkohler said:

gergroy said:

drkohler said:
Wow... did I just hear Wolf Blitzer saying:
"There are about 8% more republicans in this poll than in our usual poll"
while CNN showed Obama 46% vs Romney 39% winning the debate in the background.
Then Blitzer's conclusion was "So this is basically a draw!".
Is this guy mathematically challenged or just stupid?

well, it is a scientific poll of DEBATE WATCHERS.  People that watch debates are not going to have the same demographics as a typical registered voter demographic.  For the intents of the poll, there is nothing wrong here.  It is just that greater percentage of republicans watch the debates.  Since old people skew republican, it isn't that hard to get...

I think you don't get it either. Romney got 39% of the votes, Obama 46%. There were 8% MORE republicans than usual in the voters sample. So Romey got MORE votes than with a random sample of voters. He still LOSES 39 to 46. There is no conceivable way why Blitzer added those 8% more republican voters to the poll result and declares it a draw (apparently he got to 46 vs 47 with thi weird math idea).

I don't think Blitzer was adding in that 8%.  I think he was just commenting on the results of 46 to 39.  The first time they revealed the numbers, he said the same thing before he even had the numbers about the 8% more republicans.  You are just reading into something that isn't there.