Rasmussen: Voters Say Second Debate Was a Tie

Rasmussen ^ | 10/10

[ambrose]

October 10, 2004--Voters have decided that the second Presidential debate was a tie.

A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 Likely Voters conducted Saturday afternoon found that 41% believe John Kerry "won" Friday night's debate while 40% disagree and think George Bush emerged victorious. The survey's margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% Level of Confidence.

Bush voters, by a 79% to 2% margin, say that their man won. Kerry voters, by an 85% to 2% said the same about their candidate. This is in contrast to the first debate where voters initially declared Kerry the victor by a double digit margin. The perception that Kerry won the first debate grew over time.

Still, regardless of who they want to win, 53% of those surveyed believe George W. Bush will be re-elected. That's unchanged from the survey completed after the first debate.

Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Bush voters still expect their man to win. Sixty-four percent (64%) of Kerry voters think the Democrats will win.

Four percent (4%) of voters say the second debate changed their mind about how they will vote this November. Voters who say they changed their mind are equally divided between the candidates.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Kerry voters now say that Presidential Debates are very important. Only 24% of Bush voters share that view.

At the other extreme, 30% of Bush voters say the debates are not very important or not at all important. Only 8% of Kerry voters share that view.

[The Real Eddie01]

A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 Likely Voters conducted Saturday afternoon found that 41% believe John Kerry "won" Friday night's debate while 40% disagree and think George Bush emerged victorious.

What a win! The MSM is losing it's touch. In the dark days before the internet...

[maryz]

Kerry voters, by an 85% to 2% said the same about their candidate.

And they were so sure, they were even saying it before the debate!