react labs: educate summary results for 2012 vice presidential debate october 11, 2012
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React Labs: Educate Summary Results for 2012 Vice Presidential Debate October 11, 2012. 1,472 people reacted at least once. Key Findings. Overall Biden /Ryan Comparisons. Key moments. Perceived debate winner (by state). Grey = no responses. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
React Labs: Educate
Summary Results for 2012Vice Presidential Debate
October 11, 2012
1,472 people reacted at least once
51% were Democrats
30% were Republicans
18% independent/other
55% plan to vote for Obama
30% plan to vote for Romney
10% undecided
5% other
47% female and 53% male
64% white; 13% Hispanic; 9% African American; 9% Asian; 5% other
Key Findings
Discussion of the middle class—by either candidate—resonated strongly with respondents
Respondents frequently perceived Ryan as dodging the question, especially when Raddatz pushed him for policy details
Overall Biden/Ryan Comparisons
Biden received mostly agree clicks, while Ryan received a more even number of agree and disagree clicks.
Biden was favored as the debate winner. When asked who won the debate, 57% of respondents said Biden, 33% said Ryan, and 10% said the candidates tied.
Thus, excluding respondents who thought the debate was a draw, 63% of respondents thought Biden won versus 37% for Ryan.
Key moments
Respondents disagreed most with Ryan’s response about abortion policy, and agreed most with his closing statement.
Respondents disagreed most with Biden’s discussion of Iran, and agreed most when he brought up Romney’s “47%” comments.
Dodge clicks spiked when Ryan responded to a question about his tax policy.
Perceived debate winner (by state)
Grey = no responses