Who Won Debate Last Night? Obama Is The Comeback Kid, Polls Show
Who won the debate last night is always a major topic of controversy in the media and on the web last night, and, if you tuned in for last night’s Obama-Romney showdown on Long Island, I think we can all agree on one thing: “Whoa.” And, at that, a Joey Lawrence “whoa.”
Who won the Obama-Romney debate at Hofstra is certainly a question that yields a different answer depending on who you ask, and the answers vary as widely as the political spectrum itself in the US. And who won the debate also hinges largely in your perception based on which issues you find key, also influencing the measured outcome in polls.
For many female voters, who won the debate was decided when Romney made his off-key “binders full of women” comment, now a trending topic on Twitter. Remarks about single parenting that managed to morph into a tirade about the Fast and Furious scandal also seemed to impact the opinion of many in that demographic, judging by sentiment on Twitter and Facebook.
But, if Obama went hard in his second debate showing, Romney certainly held his own and gave as good as he got. The Weekly Standard, a conservative news source, opined that, while Obama may have bested his opponent, the hands-on response was too little, too late to mitigate the effects of the last debate in polling:
“Too bad for President Obama that he saved his aggressive performance for his second debate with Mitt Romney. If he had done as well in the first debate, the presidential race might look different today.”
The writer, John O’Sullivan, concluded:
“Whatever the reason, they seemed more evenly matched by the end. And that impression retrospectively colored the judgments of critics on the entire evening.”
To the earlier “whoa,” it seems that many voters were either energized or turned-off (with little middle ground) by the tone of both candidates’ arguments in the second debate. But the strong commitment to getting the message out seemed to poll well with the base on either side, with lots of cheering and booing going down on social media as the candidates brought their platforms to the national stage.
Who won the debate seemed less ambiguous in polling during and immediately following the Obama-Romney showdown at Hofstra, though not by much. In CBS polling, who won the debate was clocked at 37 percent for Obama, 30 percent for Romney, and 33 percent calling the debate a tie.
Who do you think won the second Obama-Romney debate?
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Posted: October 17, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
Obama
Oct 17, 2012
So Obama.
Oct 17, 2012
Romney!!!!
Oct 17, 2012
Obama, overwhelmingly, won the second debate.
Oct 17, 2012
Obama and he did it with class!
Oct 17, 2012
Romney
Oct 17, 2012
Liar. Just like your savior robbed me and lying ryan!!
Oct 17, 2012
Liar. Just like your savior robbed me and lying ryan!!
Oct 17, 2012
Romney
Oct 17, 2012
Obama
Oct 17, 2012
Binders full of woman. Is that like the joy book for picking a wife?
Oct 17, 2012
I thought the SAME THING!
Oct 17, 2012
Not Obummer
Oct 17, 2012
Obummer lost …. He lied about Libya !
Oct 17, 2012
Obama! Love Mitt's feminist view. Let's get the woman home to make dinner!
Oct 17, 2012
It was OBAMA all over
It seemed Romney lied in first debate n got thru but this time he was a wipe out
Oct 17, 2012
Obama did not lie about Libya. The NY Times stands by its reporting of an angry mob outside of the US Consulate in Libya. Obviously they were not the terrorists but there was a mob. The NY TimesTimes affiliated reporters saw it. Was anyone commenting on here there?
Oct 17, 2012
Yes he did
Oct 17, 2012
I don't what the hell you were watching. You drink before the debate? lmao
Oct 17, 2012
PLEASE WATCH & FORWARD TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR CONTACT LIST! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
Oct 17, 2012
First, politicizing a tragedy is something no one did about 9/11 in the US. It is inappropriate. Mitt is not getting this. Even Ambassador Steven's father is against playing politics with this event. How many Embassies and Consulates have not been attacked? There are thousands of threats every day against US
Establishments. Some are real and no one can defend against everything. In this vein, was it Bush's fault for
9/11?
estabishments
Oct 17, 2012
Get a clue Leslie!!!!
Oct 17, 2012
PLEASE WATCH & FORWARD TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR CONTACT LIST! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
Oct 17, 2012
Where you been!?
Oct 17, 2012
Romney
Oct 17, 2012
Hahaha. I'm around. How's it going down there?
Oct 17, 2012
Dinner!?!!?
Oct 17, 2012
Meanwhile the green party candidate was arrested for trying to get into the debate…
Oct 17, 2012
ROMNEY GAE FACTS! OBAMA LIED ABOUT LYBIA, PENSION,
Permits for drilling. OBAMA NEVER DID SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HIS PLAN IS FOR NEXT 4 YEARS!! He BSs his way through! Hoping idiots believe him! Candy Crowley admitted last night on CNN she was wrong about Obamas statement. He Bold Face lied! ( and if you say no he didn't! Then if he did say the next day It was an act if terror then WHY 5 Days later did Susan Rice go out on 5 NEWS SHOWS AND SAY IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A DEMONSTRATION! Can't have it both ways! He says Romney has blind trust in China So does Obama! Obama said he did not stop drilling permits last year he denied 60% of permits! He NEVER DID SAY HOW HE'D MAKE THINGS BETTER DODGED IT EVERYTIME WITH ATTACKING ROMNEY INSTEAD! YOU PEOPLE CAN'T BE THIS STUPID! Look on Wikipedia : SEE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT ROMNEY! And how he turned Massachusetts around! One last thing Obama said Ryan was not for women but Obama s women in his cabinet are paid 18% less than the men! Romney had more women in his cabinet than any other state! He keeps saying Romney is for the rich! OBAMA IS RICH ( he acts like he grew up in the slums and worked his way up) Lie! He went to prestigious private schools as a child and Harvard and lived verrrry well! He knows nothing about the poor! If Obama is elected our children will be screwed! What I can't believe is You people say Obama but WHY? FOR 4 Years he has made things worse NOT BETTER! Reagan turned this same situation around in 3 YEARS! It is worse than it was and HE WANTS YOU TO TRUST HIM? FIND OUT WHAT THE FACTS ARE!!! He is a Lazy President he wants to be president and be a celebrity but he doesn't want to do anything for the country! I AM IS TOTAL DISBELIEF THAT THIS GUY STILL HAS PEOPLE BELIEVING HIM! He did nothing his entire term!!!! GET A GRIP BECAUSE Y'ALL SOUND LIKE UNEDUCATED PEOPLE WHEN YOU SAY OBAMA!!! It's mind blowing!
Oct 17, 2012
It could have something to do with the expections being set at a pretty low barfor Obama after the first debate. All Obama had to do is be adequate in order for his" fans" to rave and cheer for him. The last four years have been painful and can't imagine another four, which would probably be even worse. Mitt Romney all the way!
Oct 17, 2012
The fact that you called the President "Obummer" says right there that you know he lost and you are biased. Good job showing your intellectual capabilities as well. Name calling is the last resort of children. Keep it up though – I am sure it works in the circles you run in.
Oct 17, 2012
I like how you both present no facts to the one Leslie provided, just insisting that the President did lie without proof of it and then telling her to get a clue, while you yourself clearly do not have one…otherwise you would have responded properly to her post with facts to back up your position.
Oct 17, 2012
Like the fact Obummer provided about his 20 Trillion dollar deficits org the face he doesent have a budget?
Oct 17, 2012
Meanwhile Obummer has the USA in a jackpot … His whole presidency has been a failure and a disaster….
Oct 17, 2012
OBAMA!
Oct 17, 2012
Glad to see you back!! let's get together!
Oct 17, 2012
Clearly…Vanilla Ice…got schooled by Tupac
Oct 17, 2012
Thank you Susan.
Oct 17, 2012
Obama lied about Libya…. He's facing bigger charges than we know …. Everything he said after hello last night was a lie….
Oct 17, 2012
Then you don't have to work…. What's wrong with that??
Oct 18, 2012
Obama is a piece of dog crap.. Vote Mitt Romney 2012.
Oct 18, 2012
romney won hands down…… you bias blind idiots don't realize obama will destroy the USA….. he's not a movie star,
he's paid well to do a job, which he has PERFORMED POORLY…………he needs to go….period.
Oct 18, 2012
That binder is a Walmart catalogue he needed to look at before "buying" whatever product he needed.
Oct 18, 2012
Not having agency, choices or the ability to be treated equally when we choose to or are required to work?
Oct 18, 2012
Everything after hello was a lie…. You kiddin me? You moron !
Oct 18, 2012
Obama
Oct 18, 2012
Obama did ,he continually ask mitt who will pay for his plan ?
Oct 18, 2012
u must b a racist redneck
Oct 18, 2012
Obama was clutching at straws and lying through his teeth. He is no kind of a statesman. and the Libya scandal will derail his bid for a second term.
Oct 18, 2012
Romney is an idiot Jarrett. Read a lil' bit son.
Oct 18, 2012
I mean so is Obama, but one is gotta win.
Oct 19, 2012
Susan & Leslie – you are both obviously well-educated and well-informed. My advice, do not engage this uneducated, ill-informed, proud-to-be-ignorant men. It's just sad. Obama is going to win and they will be licking their wounds and complaining that it was "rigged." They need our compassion……
Oct 19, 2012
Obama lost in my opinion as he lied about his so called accomplishments. He said he ended the war, which is not so and more Americans have lost lives since he took office then when Bush was in office. He also lied about the national debt and the middle man being better off. Also as a nurse and the fact the I have elderly parents, Obamas healthcare is not in the best interest of older Americans. His investments have costs this country trillions of dollars and have not been properous in any way. This president has not kept any of his promises for bettering the life of the average American citizen and he continues to blame he past president and anyone else rather then face the fact that he has failed. He was voted for by many who wanted a change. Well, the change has not been for the good, and we cannot afford 4 more years of his failures. Read up on the facts about what he claims to have done, it just hasn't happened.
Oct 19, 2012
It took 8 yrs..to get in this mess and it's going to take more than 4 yrs. to get out of it!!!!
Oct 23, 2012
romney is my choice, 4 years and its only gotten worse..