CBS POLL of UNCOMMITTED VOTERS: Biden wins debate 46-21

[jefferson_dem]

CBS POLL: Biden wins debate 46-21. Did better than Obama did in fist debate.
John Aravosis (DC) · 10/02/2008 11:10:00 PM ET · Link
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CBS NEWS/KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS POLL
(Uncommitted Voters who watched the debate)

46% of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Joe Biden was the winner (that's better than the undecideds gave Obama after the first debate with McCain). 21% thought Sarah Palin won, 33% thought it was a draw. Before the debate, 79% thought Biden was "knowledgeable," after the debate 98% had that opinion.

Here is how Obama did in the same snap poll after his first debate with McCain:

Olbermann just reported on a snap poll of uncommitted voters conducted by CBS: 40% said Obama won; 38% said it was a draw; and only 22% just said McCain won. On Iraq, 55% said McCain would make the right decision while 49% said Obama would. In that poll, Obama closed that gap.

Huff Post reports that CNN's undecideds liked Biden more than they liked Palin:

During the course of the debate, CNN was running a viewer response line for uncommitted voters in Ohio. Overall the numbers reflected a very strong performance for Biden. And while Palin scored well, at times, among this crowd, the dial lines indicated that she remains a controversial figure among females in that state.

Biden repeatedly won high accolades on a wide range of topics. His remarks about the personal trials of having a wife and daughter die in a car accident sent male and female respondents through the roof. His dig at Dick Cheney -- "the most dangerous Vice President in history" -- and his pledge to end the war in Iraq were similarly popular. When he defended Obama from Palin's attacks, he held in equally high regard....

Following the debate, only one member of the focus group said they had decided to support the McCain-Palin ticket based on the debate; a half-dozen or more said they would now back Obama and Biden.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/cbs-poll-biden-wins-debate-46-21.html

[DCBob]

1. Palin's odd idiosyncrasies turn most people off.

The winking and cutesy facial expressions and folksy joe six-pack comments do not work with the majority.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. those are OK for a pool hall but not for a potential vice presidency

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. It's bush league stuff...strictly Single A

She got hosed in the Bigs.

It ain't a new story.

[jefferson_dem]

2. ...

:kick:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. kick!!!!!

:kick: :kick:

[senseandsensibility]

6. I guarantee you that the winking alone

will lose the independent women.

[msallied]

7. I think that, again, Obama is going to continue to skyrocket to the top.

[JimWis]

8. Outstanding news - we need the undecideds - Kick

[jefferson_dem]

9. More here - from CBS.

CBS Poll: More Uncommitted Voters Saw Biden As Winner
from Horserace: CBSNews.com
UPDATED CBS News and Knowledge Networks have conducted a nationally representative poll of 473 uncommitted voters to get their immediate reaction to tonight's vice presidential debate.

After the first presidential debate, a similar survey showed that more uncommitted voters identified Barack Obama as the winner

Final numbers from tonight's poll have yet to come in, but we do have some early results. (These numbers may change as more respondents complete the survey.) They suggest that once again more voters have responded favorably to the Democratic candidate.

Forty-six percent of the uncommitted voters surveyed say Democrat Joe Biden won the debate, compared to 21 percent for Republican Sarah Palin. Thirty-three percent said it was a tie.

Eighteen percent of previously uncommitted percent say they are now committed to the Obama-Biden ticket. Ten percent say they are now committed to McCain-Palin. Seventy-one percent are still uncommitted.

Both candidates improved their overall image tonight. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed say they now have a better impression of Biden. Five percent say they have a worse opinion of the Delaware senator, while 42 percent say they debate did not change their opinion.

Fifty-five percent say they now have a better opinion of Palin. Fourteen percent say they have a worse opinion, while 30 percent say their opinion hasn't changed.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/02/politics/horserace/entry4497035.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=Horserace_4497035

[ShadowLiberal]

15. Wow, I'm shocked by those numbers, Palin got just a 9% boost on capable of being president

I'm really shocked by that number, I thought she was doing pretty well for the first half of the debate, I was getting really worried then.

Since the CBS poll says they didn't finish getting ahold of all their responders however I wish they'd have said "with X% of the results in". Still, with like a 20% lead in who won the debate I doubt that number will change all that much.

[tpi10d]

10. the aftertaste will be even worse.

This cutesy performance won't have legs.

[Cass]

11. Thank God. I was worried that people would fall for her crap. nt

[TNMOM]

12. it was the wink. the wink sank the S.S. Palin.

[Maven]

13. keek

[Gregorian]

14. Phew. You mean I wasted all of that anger for nothing? Oh well.

I'm worn out after that. The fear of her coming across as anything but the mooseturd that she is had me incoherent.

Yay! Onward and upward!

[progressoid]

16. But she's purdy.

[starroute]

17. For all the folksiness, she doesn't comes across as your next door neighbor

Instead, she's more like Daisy Duke -- purely canned product for entertainment purposes. I don't think she even passes the "would you want to have a beer with this woman" test.

[D23MIURG23]

18. I like the way this election is shaping up.