Presidential Polls After Debates: Obama vs Romney Voting Analysis After Final Debate
With the final presidential debate now in the books, there have been a slew of polls with varying results.
A national survey taken indicated that President Barack Obama prevailed over Governor Mitt Romney in the last presidential debate before the election, that took place in Boca Raton, Fla., on Monday, Oct. 22. The CNN/ORC International poll, which was taken locally in South Florida, revealed that the debate may have been a draw in terms of whether it would effect the choice of voters who watched it, and that Romney held his own against Obama while being commander in chief tested. The poll also indicated that women seemed to respond more positively to the president while Romney had a small edge in the male department.
Forty eight percent of registered voters who watched the final presidential debate felt that Obama won the showdown, with 40 percent stating that Romney was victorious. Interestingly enough, the president's eight-point lead over Romney came from an audience that was said to be considerably Republican compared to the U.S. as a whole.
Obama was aggressive with Romney within the first few minutes of Monday's debate. The president was on the attack early by questioning the inconsistencies in Romney's subject matter, saying, "a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not al Qaeda. You said Russia. And the 1980's are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war's been over for 20 years."
Shortly after, Obama honed in on Romney's lack of experience in the Oval Office by stating, "I know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong."
Obama's critical attack on Romney did seemingly garner him leadership points as the debate audience gave him a small 51 percent to 46 percent advantage, according to the before mentioned poll. Nonetheless, the general consensus was that watchers still felt that both candidates would be able to handle the task of being commander-in-chief.
