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CNN Post-Debate Poll: Obama Won Big

By Jeralyn

CNN's post debate poll (video here): Those polled all watched the debate. The breakdown:

40% D, 30% R, Rest Independents.
This tracks with voter registration.

• Obama 58%
  McCain 31%

• Obama Favorables:
  Was 63, Now 66
  Unfavorables:
  Was 35, Now 33

• McCain's Favorables:
  Was 51, Now 49
  Unfavorables:
  Was 45, now 49

Update: CBS (video here): 53 -22. Obama. [More...]

Fifty-three percent of the uncommitted voters surveyed identified Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the winner of tonight's debate. Twenty-two percent said Republican rival John McCain won. Twenty-four percent saw the debate as a draw.

CNN: 53% said Ayers matters to them "not at all." On shared values, CBS reports:

Before the debate, 54 percent thought Obama shared their values. That percentage rose to 63 percent after the debate. For McCain, 53 percent thought he shared their values before the debate, and 56 percent thought so afterwards.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 16, 2008 (boomark / email).