Romney scores 52-point debate victory - the BIGGEST in Gallup poll history
- Romney also enjoyed a five-point national poll swing putting him level pegging with Obama at 47%
- Even
among Democrats, 49 per cent thought Romney was the winner with only 39
per cent of his own supporters saying Obama had won the day
- Latest:
Pew Research Center reported Romney taking a four-point lead among
likely voters since the debate - 12-point swing from mid-September
Mitt Romney won the first presidential
debate by a whopping 52-point margin according to Gallup - the most
resounding margin since the polling giant began tracking debates 20
years ago.
The stunning
judgement on the debate came as a bombshell Pew national poll put Romney
four points ahead of President Barack Obama by 49 to 45 points - a huge
swing of 12 points from mid-September, when Pew found Obama leading by
51 to 43 points.
In Gallup
debate results published today, three times more people thought Romney
did a better job than Obama in last week's so-called Duel in Denver
presidential debate.
The
poll about the Wednesday night's debate in Denver, watched by 67 million
people, was conducted on Thursday and Friday. Of those who watched, 72
per cent thought Romney did a better job compared to 20 per cent for
Obama.
Meanwhile, the
respected Pew Research Center reported the most dramatic shift in a
national poll during the entire general election campaign, with Romney’s
fortunes improving in almost every respect. The center reported also
pulling even with Obama on 46 per cent among registered voters and
taking the lead by three points among likely voters.
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