Short diary
Barack has won the debate in the views of the voter segment that matters: The uncommitted.
CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened.
[Update] The numbers were revised. The new numbers are emphasized.
So the unofficial results are (MoE +/- 4%):
On who won the debate:
Obama 40% (updated: 39%)
McCain 22% (updated: 24%)
Tie 38% (updated: 37%)
On who would make the right decisions about the economy:
Obama 68% (updated: 66%)
McCain 41% (updated: 42%)
On who would make the right decisions about Iraq:
Obama 49% (updated: 48%)
McCain 45% (updated: 56%)
[Update]:
On whether opinion of candidate improved after the debate:
Obama 46% (updated: 46%)
McCain 31% (updated: 32%)
These results are apparently partial:
We will have a full report on the poll later on.
This is how they defined uncommitted voters:
Uncommitted voters are those who don't yet know who they will vote for, or who have chosen a candidate but may still change their minds.
CNN has also just made a quick summary of a poll that was more general, but the results are similar on all of these same questions!
[Update] No link yet for the CNN telephone poll of 524 respondents. Here are the numbers they announced on air:
Debate winner:
Obama 51 - McCain 38
Iraq:
Obama 52 - McCain 47
Economy:
Obama 58 - McCain 37
[Update] In the CNN poll, Men broke for McCain, Women for Obama, and older voters for... Obama!
I'll try to get the numbers and update.
[Update] In the CNN poll people 50 years or older broke for Obama 48% to McCain 40%
[Update] Here's a video of CBS announcing the results of their poll: