PUBLIC OPINION > Moderates More Impressed by Obama in Last Round of Debates
SodaHead Politics
2012/10/23 20:00:00
The last of the three presidential debates for 2012 took place Monday evening, so if you're banking on the debates to make your mind up, you have all the material you're going to get. This week's debate focused on foreign policy -- Afghanistan, Libya, China, Israel, Syria, and of course the role and scale of the military. We asked the public who put their best foot forward this time around.
Romney ultimately took the poll again (by two percent), but this time it was neck-and-neck the whole way through. That's probably because the candidates had similar stances on most of the issues. The two topics that created the most tension were the Obama administration's handling of foreign affairs in the past, and the amount of money that should be spent on the military. The rest of the debate was nuanced at best.
Obama Engages Older Voters
That's not to say Obama engaged the oldest voters -- Romney still had a firm grasp on the over-45 crowd -- but the biggest demographic difference between this debate and the last two is that voters in their 30s and early 40s swayed more in Obama's favor. In fact, the shift between the under-45s and the over-45s was pretty much the only shift in the age breakdown.
Mitt Takes New York
Looking at how people voted by state, Obama has strong support in California (57%) but lacks the same in New York, where nearly two-thirds (64%) went for Romney. Romney also had a grip on Texas and Florida. Obama fared well in Michigan, Maryland and Indiana; but he's going to need more than that to swing the electoral college.
Moderates Stick With Obama
Party supporters stuck to their guns, but again, moderates showed much more support for Obama. We also dug into votes who claimed "other" as their political alignment, as there were quite a few of them and they could be anything. Turns out, they're not as supportive of Obama as the moderates, but most of them did agree he won this debate.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about the final presidential debate. We'd love to hear from you!
Romney ultimately took the poll again (by two percent), but this time it was neck-and-neck the whole way through. That's probably because the candidates had similar stances on most of the issues. The two topics that created the most tension were the Obama administration's handling of foreign affairs in the past, and the amount of money that should be spent on the military. The rest of the debate was nuanced at best.
Obama Engages Older Voters
That's not to say Obama engaged the oldest voters -- Romney still had a firm grasp on the over-45 crowd -- but the biggest demographic difference between this debate and the last two is that voters in their 30s and early 40s swayed more in Obama's favor. In fact, the shift between the under-45s and the over-45s was pretty much the only shift in the age breakdown.Mitt Takes New York
Looking at how people voted by state, Obama has strong support in California (57%) but lacks the same in New York, where nearly two-thirds (64%) went for Romney. Romney also had a grip on Texas and Florida. Obama fared well in Michigan, Maryland and Indiana; but he's going to need more than that to swing the electoral college.Moderates Stick With Obama
Party supporters stuck to their guns, but again, moderates showed much more support for Obama. We also dug into votes who claimed "other" as their political alignment, as there were quite a few of them and they could be anything. Turns out, they're not as supportive of Obama as the moderates, but most of them did agree he won this debate.If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about the final presidential debate. We'd love to hear from you!
Mitt Romney has no substance; he is ineffectual and is less a leader and more a messenger boy. I think It is obvious the way he struggles to hang on to the ideas that are not his own. We need a new insightful direction like the President has begun, where we find real solutions to the real modern problems of today.
Barrack is a Nobel peace prize winning, Harvard law school grad, who can see beyond the disparaging capitalistic mindset that landed us in the substandard blur of what America is of late. Every great historical figure in the American story had that quality that Barrack brings, of being triumphant over the woes of the times. I for one would like to see where that goes.
I’m sure it’s not an easy road, maybe won’t make the 1 % richer-err, but we can’t be afraid to believe in ourselves again, and we sure as hell don’t have time to waste waiting for the republican leadership to catch up to modern ideas like global sustainability and systemic analysis.
Where do we go from here? Let us go forward.
He also plans on signing treaties with the U.N. which again will raise costs and give them more control over America.
He has already given them control of our navy in open seas.
The idea that a president of the United States would give away our control of our military to a group of thugs like the U.N. is unthinkable and should be treasonous.
If re elected much more control will go to the U.N. through Obama and his "foreign" administration. His dream like that of his father and Soros is the demise of America. More voters need to really educate themselves instead of listening to his lies.
as a vet....I;m pissed..... bark
Gender Gap?....What Gender Gap?
Go Mitt!
When Romney said, "Some gays are actually having children born to them. It's not right on paper. It's not right in fact. Every child has a right to a mother and father,'' I knew how much I didn't want him as the president. Never mind his stance on abortion, health care, the poor or birth control.
We need to take this country forward, not back. The GDP is up by 2 percent, beating out expectations and unemployment is at 7.8 percent with 5 million new jobs created, yet Romney wants us to think the country is in a downward spiral.
We must also remember that there was another businessman that recently got into office claiming that he was there to "balance the budget" and that he "didn't care for nation building" but that man was GWB. Does the GOP think we'd all forget?
Come on.
(all taken from Real Clear Politics website)
609 LV - SurveyUSA (OH) 10/20-10/22 | Overall: OBAMA: 47 - ROMNEY 44 | *among* (I)ndependents: Obama 39% - Romney 47% = Romney +11
783 LV - Time (OH) 10/22-10/23 | Overall: Obama 49 - Romney 44 | *among* (I)ndependents: Obama 38% - Romney 53% = Romney + 15
1182 LV - Gravis (FL) 10/24 | Overall: Obama 48.8 - Romney 49.7 | *among* (I)ndependents: Obama 42% - Romney 52% = Romney +10
636 LV - PPP (NV) 10/22-10/24 | Overall: Obama 51 - Romney 47 | *among* (I)ndependents: Obama 44% - Romney 53% = Romney + 9
Now you can see how the Independents are going to make Romney the next POTUS.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 47%. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided. This is the fourth consecutive day that Romney has been at the 50% level of support.
http://www.realclearpolitics....
Romney's surge from the first debate has grinded to a halt leaving them tied nationally and he failed to make a serious dent in the president's lead in the swing states.
Independents are what's going to decide the race, not the (R) and the (D) voters.
And the RCP average in the swing state polls damn near all have Obama's leads within the margin or error.
It's over.
However, once the lame stream media stops covering for Obama's non action in Libya the reign of Dicator and Fraud Obama will be over even before the election.
http://www.realclearpolitics....
You keep saying that the Libya Benghazi attack and the administration's handling of it will cause the president to lose which is merely a right wing fantasy. Only the right wing media is trying to make it into more than it really is. The moderates and Independents along with the dems know that's its just a partisan witch hunt in an attempt to make the president look bad before the election. That dog just won't hunt. PEROID!
National '12 President General Election Gallup
Mitt Romney 50%
Barack Obama 47%
National '12 President General Election Rasmussen
Mitt Romney 50%
Barack Obama 47%
National '12 President General Election Washington Post
Mitt Romney 50%
Barack Obama 47%
I think if the left wing media covered what really happened, and exposed Obama's attempted coverup a,d called him on the blatant lies he told concerning it, the numbers would change.