According to a poll conducted by , 46\% of the 500 uncommitted respondents believed Romney won the debate; 22\% of respondents believed President Obama won the debate and 32\% believed it was a tie. In the same poll, 56\% of respondents held a more favorable opinion of Romney following the debate, while 11\% expressed a poorer opinion and 32\% did not change their opinion of the Republican. Of the respondents, 13\% viewed President Obama more favorably, while 17\% viewed him less favorably and 69\% indicated they did not change their opinion. Mitt Romney, during the debate, mentioned children's television show character in discussing federal subsidies of public broadcasting, propelling the character to online popularity. Romney stated he would end subsidies to PBS, a U.S. public television network, saying, "I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too, Jim [Lehrer]." He continued, saying he would "not [...] keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it." Twitter, a social networking site, announced a maximum of 17,000 mentions of Big Bird per second. President Obama said on Thursday, "I just want to make sure I've got this straight: He'll get rid of regulations on , but he's going to crack down on '.' Thank goodness somebody's finally cracking down on Big Bird! Who knew that he was responsible for all these deficits! 's got to watch out!" 
 Mitt Romney, during the debate, mentioned children's television show character in discussing federal subsidies of public broadcasting, propelling the character to online popularity. Romney stated he would end subsidies to PBS, a U.S. public television network, saying, "I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too, Jim [Lehrer]." He continued, saying he would "not [...] keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it." Twitter, a social networking site, announced a maximum of 17,000 mentions of Big Bird per second. President Obama said on Thursday, "I just want to make sure I've got this straight: He'll get rid of regulations on , but he's going to crack down on '.' Thank goodness somebody's finally cracking down on Big Bird! Who knew that he was responsible for all these deficits! 's got to watch out!" According to a poll conducted by , 46\% of the 500 uncommitted respondents believed Romney won the debate; 22\% of respondents believed President Obama won the debate and 32\% believed it was a tie. In the same poll, 56\% of respondents held a more favorable opinion of Romney following the debate, while 11\% expressed a poorer opinion and 32\% did not change their opinion of the Republican. Of the respondents, 13\% viewed President Obama more favorably, while 17\% viewed him less favorably and 69\% indicated they did not change their opinion.
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According to a poll conducted by , 46\% of the 500 uncommitted respondents believed Romney won the debate; 22\% of respondents believed President Obama won the debate and 32\% believed it was a tie. In the same poll, 56\% of respondents held a more favorable opinion of Romney following the debate, while 11\% expressed a poorer opinion and 32\% did not change their opinion of the Republican. Of the respondents, 13\% viewed President Obama more favorably, while 17\% viewed him less favorably and 69\% indicated they did not change their opinion.
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According to a poll conducted by , 46\% of the 500 uncommitted respondents believed Romney won the debate; 22\% of respondents believed President Obama won the debate and 32\% believed it was a tie. In the same poll, 56\% of respondents held a more favorable opinion of Romney following the debate, while 11\% expressed a poorer opinion and 32\% did not change their opinion of the Republican. Of the respondents, 13\% viewed President Obama more favorably, while 17\% viewed him less favorably and 69\% indicated they did not change their opinion.