With the second debate tonight, I figured it'd be a good time to compare how big Romney's bounce has been since the first Presidential debate. The end result is a 3.7% national bounce. In swing states, his biggest bounces were in New Hampshire (+5.5%), Wisconsin (+5.3%), and Florida (+4.5%). His smallest bounces were in Iowa (+1.2%), Virginia (+2.7%), and Ohio (+3.3%). I'll use the benchmarks set today to once again compare the numbers to what they are on October 22nd, the date of the third debate.
The specific numbers are below.
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NATIONAL:
October 3rd: Obama +3.1%
October 16th: Romney +0.6%
BOUNCE: Romney +3.7%
IOWA:
October 3rd: Obama +3.5%
October 16th: Obama +2.3%
BOUNCE: Romney +1.2%
VIRGINIA:
October 3rd: Obama +3.5%
October 16th: Obama +0.8%
BOUNCE: Romney +2.7%
OHIO:
October 3rd: Obama +5.5%
October 16th: Obama +2.2%
BOUNCE: Romney +3.3%
NEVADA:
October 3rd: Obama +5.2%
October 16th: Obama +1.6%
BOUNCE: Romney +3.6%
COLORADO:
October 3rd: Obama +3.1%
October 16th: Romney +0.7%
BOUNCE: Romney +3.8%
NORTH CAROLINA:
October 3rd: Romney +0.8%
October 16th: Romney +4.7%
BOUNCE: Romney +3.9%
FLORIDA:
October 3rd: Obama +2.0%
October 16th: Romney +2.5%
BOUNCE: Romney +4.5%
WISCONSIN:
October 3rd: Obama +7.6%
October 16th: Obama +2.3%
BOUNCE: Romney +5.3%
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
October 3rd: Obama +6.0%
October 16th: Obama +0.5%
BOUNCE: Romney +5.5%
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Originally published at No We Can't Politics.