Yanuck said:
Personally, I would give this one to Obama.........!
So do most people:
CBS Insta Poll shows Barack
Obama won 39% to John McCain's 25% with 36% saying the debate was a draw.
Insider Advantage reports those polled
Obama won 42% to McCain's 41% with Undecided 17%
CNN reports voter opinions that
Obama "did better" 51%, McCain "did better" 38%
The CNN poll showed men were
evenly split, but women gave Obama higher marks 59% to 41% for McCain.
http://voices.kansascity.com/node/2208
And Ben Smith at
Politico says:
The mild consensus in the press file was that McCain won, if not in particularly dramatic fashion. The two insta-polls out -- from CBS and CNN -- found the opposite: That Obama won by a wide margin. CBS had it 39% to 25% for Obama, CNN 51% to 38%.
Maybe the difference was expectations. People covering the campaigns think of Obama as a much-improved debate, and McCain as at times a weak one. McCain, by that standard, overperformed. But people tuning into the race now now think of McCain as an experienced hand, and Obama as a newcomer. Obama more than held his own, and McCain failed to expose him -- as he tried -- as out of his depth.
UPDATE: It is worth noting, as CNN does, that there's a big Democratic voter ID edge in its poll.
Why more Democratics in the poll? There are more registered Dems than Republican and the spread is getting bigger every month.
And this was supposed to be McCains strong point: foreign policy. Obama held his own; stood up on stage and didn't have horns, smiled, talked like a regular American. Whether he won or lost, this was a good debate performance for him.