Your view of Monday night’s presidential debate on foreign policy may come down to who you already supported for president.
A Patch flash poll of influential Republicans and Democrats in Georgia found that opinions on who won generally fell along party lines: Republicans thought Gov. Mitt Romney was the winner and Democrats thought President Barack Obama prevailed.
It was a strong contrast to the first time the candidates faced off on Oct. 3, when the consensus of both parties was that Obama looked bored or annoyed and that Romney succeeded in presenting himself as presidential.
Republican respondents said they felt Romney won the final debate, with 26.7 percent saying it was “by a wide margin” and 40 percent “by a slim margin.” Another 23.3 percent were neutral on the question and few Republicans gave the win to Obama.
Democrats also said their own candidate won Monday’s debate, but they were much stronger in their assessment, with 90.5 percent saying Obama won “by a wide margin” and 9.5 percent saying he won “by a slim margin.”
The flash poll of elected officials, candidates and activists is unscientific. Thirty Republicans and 21 Democrats took part.
Several Republican respondents said they thought Obama was aggressive and “disrespectful” in his tone, while they saw Romney as calm and in command of his arguments. Democratic respondents saw Romney as a flip-flopper who was loose with the facts.
Respondents in both parties predicted that the national media would declare Obama the winner, with 57 percent of Republicans and 86 percent of Democrats saying the president would get the nod of pundits.
Respondents in both parties were mixed on whether Monday night’s debate would help their candidate make a stronger showing in Georgia. No clear pattern emerged, but several respondents noted that Georgia remains a Red State that should be safe for Romney.
One Republican respondent predicted:
“Georgia will vote Romney, the nation will vote for Obama, the Republicans retain the House, the Democrats will retain the Senate by a slim margin. Get ready for 4 more years that look just like the last.”
What do you think? How much do the debates matter? Do you think Republicans will win Georgia by as wide a margin as they did in the 2008 presidential election?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57488777/poll-romney-leads-in-colo-obama-in-va-wis/
... it is a closer race among whites who have a college degree - Romney leads 50 to 45 percent with that group... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57537319/poll-obama-romney-locked-in-tight-race/
Romney leads 61-39 among college grads http://www.gallup.com/poll/158048/romney-obama-among-likely-voters.aspx Nicer try on you propaganda attempts Stan
Andrew, it's ok to have another opinion and not be a 'total idiot'. You right and left wingers are taking your info-tainment too seriously. On Nov 7, one side will lose and they will think it's the end of the country and they'll spend the next four years complaining about everything that happens in great detail. The inverse will happen for the winner. Both sides will make their case and sell a lot of media in the process. I hear the same passioned plea from left wingers and their opponents are 'total idiots' too. Lighten up. This is the nature of democracy. It's gonna be alright.
9:54 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 No such thing as true "Independents". Just because someone is registered as an Independent doesn mean they are. Every person leans one way and thats the way they vote 99.99% of the time. Ive yet to met someone who votes between the two parties over their lifetime. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well then- it really doesn't matter whatever incorrect formulation you think your on to for yourself there, I have voted cross party lines in quite a few elections. . And yourself? what is your voting record?
"According to Brandon Adams, a professional poker player and a teaching fellow at Harvard, Intrade’s prices are not necessarily considered more reliable by professional gamblers. Mr. Adams says that Betfair and the sports book Pinnacle, both of which put Mr. Obama’s odds at about 63 percent as of early Wednesday morning, feature more sophisticated market participants." Today's posting has a really good indepth analysis of the history and effectiveness of market based predictive models.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/158048/romney-obama-among-likely-voters.aspx
Since when is a poker player (ranked 69th) the leading authority on betting odds?
Btw: I wasnt referring to you per see...just making a comment on the whole notion of "true Indendents".
Also interesting since surveys have shown most Americans are "social liberal fiscally conservative", yet have to vote for a candidate that is extreme in one aspect or another
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Rest-of-the-world-bar-Pakistan-supports-Barack-Obama-in-2012-presidential-race-175767891.html
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2012/10/09/study-poll-respondents-more-likely-lie-about-voter-registration-r#ixzz2ALgDNZRe
DAVID LETTERMAN, HOST: Here's what upset me last night, this playing fast and loose with facts. And the President Obama cites the op-ed piece that Romney wrote about Detroit, “Let them go bankrupt, let them go bankrupt,” and last night he brings it up again. “Oh, no, Governor, you said let them go bankrupt, blah blah blah, let them go bankrupt.” And Mitt said, “No, no, check the thing, check the thing, check the thing.” Now, I don't care whether you're Republican or Democrat, you want your president to be telling the truth; you want the contender to be lying. And so what we found out today or soon thereafter that, in fact, the President Obama was not telling the truth about what was excerpted from that op-ed piece. I felt discouraged.
Here are school stats and Georgia is number 7 which is way ahead of California and Illinois. http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2012/16src.h31.html
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/sat-scores-by-state-2011 Here is an article about GA being number 7: http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/01/12/georgia-earns-a-7th-place-ranking-nice-to-see-us-up-there-with-new-york-and-massachusetts-for-a-change/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/state-education-rankings-_n_894528.html
http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2012/16src.h31.html. I posted numerous links while you posting your opinion. Talk without proof is cheap. I know you want to see Georgia look bad but it is not so.
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/nov/2/support-kill-list-and-ndaa-make-obama-and-romney-u/ See if there is a clear winner to our Presidential Election 2012. Make a special note to watch the Free and Equal Election Debate between third party Presidential candidates, Gov. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green), to be aired tonight on Monday evening, Nov. 5th from 9:00 - 10:30 pm Eastern Time. Perform a worthwhile civic duty, and be certain to listen in on this historic debate so that you can make an informed decision on voting day. Third party candidates who will be on the ballot in most states deserve to be heard. http://freeandequal.org/?v=1