2nd debate, who won? Obama or Romney?

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killerzX said:

gergroy said:
So, does anybody think this debate will alter the dynamic of the race at all? By that I mean will it stop the Romney bump in the polls, will he start to slide now? Or will Romney continue to go up in the polls.

It is hard to really figure, because Romney won the first debate by bigger margins than any other debate since they started polling debate wins back in the 70's. However, Kerry beat Bush by large margins and still ended up losing.

gallup poll is showing romney is pulling away. so take that how you want. if its accurate or not, i dont know.

rueters shows the opposite buddy. Obama at 55Z% a rise in favorability vs 48 for Romney which is a fall.

"Clearly, the debate was a bit of a turnaround for Obama. He put in a much stronger performance than he did in the first debate and it's showing in the numbers," said Ipsos pollster Julia Clark.

 

Obama's favorability rating climbed five percentage points after Tuesday's debate to 55 percent. Romney's favorability rating fell two percentage points, to 48 percent

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-usa-campaign-poll-ipsos-idUSBRE89G1JV20121017

Huffingtonpost still puts Obama well ahead based on states polls.

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map

 

Thought I would give more data. That show you are believing a shift for Romney is not as high as you would hope in fact it might barely exist at all. Look at the always updated huffington post map and you will see it is almost impossible for Romney to win today unless he won all the undecided states which would be impossible.