New polls show that viewers are torn on who won Thursday night's Vice Presidential debate in Danville, Ky., which is certainly a different scenario from the first presidential debate in which Romney was unanimously deemed winner.
Never the less, the debate improved the general impression of both candidates. According to ABC News, the top Yahoo and Google searches were "Biden biography" and "Ryan biography," thus indicating that regardless of the winner, the debate indeed managed to spike interest about both candidates.
As for the winner of the debate, various polls indicate mixed results.
A poll by CBS News of 431 uncommitted voters showed that 50 percent of them thought Biden won the debate, while 31 percent thought Ryan was the winner, 19 percent of those surveyed thought the debate was a tie. After the debate 55 percent said they find Biden relatable, prior to the debate only 34 percent said he was relatable. Ryan also improved on the relatability question, 48 percent to a prior 31 percent said they found Ryan relatable.
Another poll by CNN of 381 registered voters of which 33 percent were Republicans, 31 percent Democrats and 34 unknown revealed that 48 percent thought Ryan won the debate, while 44 percent thought Biden won, 50 percent thought the Ryan did a superior job at communicating his point, while 41 percent though Biden did the better job.
It also important to note that the debate's moderator Martha Myrna Raddatz, ABC's foreign news correspondent did a splendid job controlling the pace and temperament of the debate with articulate well-framed questions and excellent management skills.
The next presidential debate will be as follows:
Tuesday, October 16
Who: Presidential Candidates Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney
Time: 9-10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
Place: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
Topic: Domestic and Foreign Policy
Moderator: Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent for CNN
This debate will be conducted in a town-hall meeting format. Here a number of undecided voters selected by The Gallup Organization, responsible for conducting election polls, will be given an opportunity to ask each candidate questions on both domestic and foreign policies.
