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Romney Wins Debate On Xbox Live

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was declared the winner of Wednesday night's debate with users watching through Xbox Live, according to data released by Microsoft.  The exact number of users who watched the debate through the app were not released, however, Microsoft said it's seen 10,000 users responding on daily polls and the number was much higher than that.

Below is the full list of stats released by Microsoft:

  • Romney was indeed a winner of Wednesday night’s debate with the Xbox Live audience, despite what some of the raw, real-time numbers might have shown. We asked 10 questions during the debate to gauge who won exchanges or segments, and we found that “undecideds” broke for Romney while Obama consistently lost support from his base.

    • 9 out of 10 times, Romney exceeded his baseline support.
    • 8 out of 10 times, Obama fell below his baseline support.
  • 88% of the respondents were likely voters and 69% engaged to the point of not only voting, but responding that they will definitely talk to their social network about their position on the election
  • Approximately 30% of participants self-identified as undecided or leaning toward a candidate (11% undecided and 17% leaners).
  • While we don’t release specific numbers for Xbox Live events, participation was strong and amazingly consistent throughout the entirety of the debate. We can tell you that we’ve seen approximately 10,000 users responding to the daily polls, and participation in this event far exceeded this number.
Comments
  • Coooooooooooool.
  • Weird.. considering most national polls have been in Obama's favor.

    More reasons to not trust xbox owners. ...Lolz! I'm kidding of course.
  • If only Garry Johnson had been there. He'd put both those goons down.
  • Obama did awful. I dunno what he was thinking...
  • Poor Jim Lehrer missed a lot of quicktime event prompts....
  • This really shouldn't surprise anyone. I don't think Obama has a chance at re-election. Even Democrats hate him at this point. Not that Romney will be much better though.
  • Oh no. I hate that all poll are semi biased. The thing you have to consider is that there are lots of people who didn't participate in the poll. All of Obama's supporters could just not have the watche the debate. Just because a lot of Romney die hards could have been in the poll doesn't mean Xbox Live loves Romney. Of course there's the possibility of him still winning if there were more people in the polls, but thats just my gripe about them. Some people just aren't the type to go on online polls.
  • Of course he did, Obama sounded like a moron in the debate.
  • umm well on my xbox it was saying that obama was winning hmmm
  • It seems access to the Election hub is only if you have a US IP. I could see the Election 2012 hub on the 1st/2nd of this month, but now that I'm outside the U.S I can't see it anymore. Sigh!
  • I'm not biased at all and do not care a bit, but I just find this news weird because I watched the debate on xboxlive and every time there was a poll, it was 65% Obama, 25% romney, 10% "i don't know/unsure". every single question. meaning most people just picked along the lines of who they were voting for. Then microsoft releases numbers saying their audience is right on the money with everyone else's data. really weird, no? these numbers released just do not match up with what I saw with my own eyes during the debate. at all. not even a little bit.
  • Please let this happen in November...

  • Obama's spent the last four years being coddled by the media. No wonder he doesn't know how to make his case amidst opposition.
  • Obama got his head in a meatgrinder and Romney had a hold of the handle.
  • I think it's neat that they used xbox live software to do this... However, my political opinions belong in the real world, not my hobby.
  • I know this is off subject but I'm not sure where to ask this question on this site. I recently got a Logitech GT steering wheel as a gift and was wondering what's the best compatible PS3 games for it. Haven't played many racing games but I enjoy em when I do. Already picked up (and love) Gran Turismo and would appreciate any suggestions on others to get....thanks fellas
  • Winning one of these debates is like being the last one standing in a room full of crapping monkeys.

  • I liked watching the debate that way. I wouldn't be surprised if one day you could vote from home over xbl.
  • lol. scripted politics that use the "he did bad on the first debate, but he will make a miracle happen next time" tactic. it's all just hype. it's the equivalent of watching a rocky movie and thinking he's going to lose because of the first couple of rounds. the whole debate is read from a script people. as in written don't before hand.
  • Mod
    Big deal. I win debates on Xbox Live every day. What's so special about these guys?
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