Gallup Kerry won Indy's last night 53-37

That is the group he was looking for.

Overall, 38% of viewers said they felt more favorably toward Kerry as a result of the debate, while 20% felt less favorably -- a net positive of 18 points. By comparison, Bush received a net positive of 11 points -- 31% of viewers said they felt more favorably and 20% less favorably toward Bush because of the debate.



http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=13549

Your good links are appreciated...

Hopefully we will have lots of things to celebrate soon...

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you can see past election results...

They are making damned sure that Kerry's 2 point win in the Gallup overall poll (4%MOE) and his 3 point win in the ABC poll (4.5%MOE) are seen as WINS. Please please remember that it was a TIE!!!

"...the sample of viewers had more Republicans (38%) than Democrats (32%) or independents (30%)."

The gender gap was apparent this time, too, with women choosing Kerry instead of Bush by 50-41%

I mean why is this race even close? I don't understand.

How did people switch to Bush over Kerry for IRAQ? Did I miss that part of the debate, maybe my TV is broken and didnt catch that, but I thought Kerry kicked ass with his Iraq answers.

Democrats rallied behind Kerry's performance by 87% to 8%, while Republicans rallied behind Bush's performance by a slightly smaller margin, 83% to 10%. But independents chose Kerry by a 16-point margin, 53% to 37%.

The reason the overall figures show only a slight advantage for Kerry, despite his greater margin among his own party and winning the independent vote, is that the sample of viewers had more Republicans (38%) than Democrats (32%) or independents (30%). Also, the sample of viewers support Bush over Kerry in the presidential race by 50% to 46%.

The poll shows a modest gender gap in the rating of the two candidates, with women choosing Kerry as the winner by a nine-point margin (50% to 41%), and men leaning toward Bush by a three-point margin (48% to 45%). In the first debate, male and female viewers gave virtually identical responses.


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And we've actually had an effect on Gallup's reporting of their results to boot! They're no longer trying to pretend that a skewed sample produces an unskewed result.

all I kept hearing were the closer and less important overall numbers (47-45)


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