USA Today/Gallop Poll: Obama Did Better in First Debate Obama Scores Big on Proposal to Change the Country
MARK MEMMOTT and JILL LAWRENCE September 28, 2008 (http://www.usatoday.com/) _9 comments _ (http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/comments?type=story&id=5902766) FONT SIZE (javascript:void(0);) (javascript:void(0);) (javascript:void(0);) _EMAIL_ (http://app.abcnews.go.com/sendtofriend/SendToFriend?id=5902766) _PRINT_ (http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=5902766) _SHARE_ (http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php) _RSS_ (http://my.abcnews.go.com/rsspublic/politics_rss20.xml) A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows 46% of people who watched Friday night's presidential debate say Democrat Barack Obama did a better job than Republican John McCain; 34% said McCain did better. John McCain, left, and Barack Obama embrace at the finish of a presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo) Obama scored even better -- 52%-35% -- when debate-watchers were asked which candidate offered the best proposals for change to solve the country's problems. More than six in 10 people or 63% in the one-day poll, taken Saturday, said they watched the first faceoff in Oxford, Miss. For those 701 people, the margin of error was +/- 4 percentage points. The poll suggested the debate was to some extent a wash for McCain: 21% of those who watched say it gave them a more favorable view of him, 21% say less favorable and 56% say it didn't change their opinion much. Three in 10 said their opinion of Obama became more favorable after seeing the debate, compared to 14% who said less favorable and 54% who said it didn't make much difference. More than one-third of viewers, or 37%, said they had less confidence in McCain to fix economic problems after seeing the debate; 23% said more. For Obama, the survey results were 34% more confidence, 26% less. Neither candidate broke away on national security and foreign policy. About a third of viewers said they had more confidence in each man on that front after the debate, and slightly less in each case said they had less confidence. Obama held a 5-percentage-point lead over McCain, 49%-45%, in the Gallup tracking poll taken Wednesday through Friday. Tomorrow's poll will be the first to include impact from the debate. **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
