Presidential Election 2012: Microsoft Says Xbox Live Users Selected President Obama As The Winner Of The Second Debate

Microsoft announced that over 100,000 Xbox Live members watched the second presidential debate on the service and responded to over 70 poll questions in real-time. Microsoft's Larry Hryb said on his Xbox Live blog that it was "one of the largest single-screen interactive TV experiences in history."

Here is the data from the interactive polling that was conducted on Xbox LIVE :

More than 100,000 Xbox LIVE community members engaged in the 2nd presidential debate, responding to approximately 70 polling questions in real time.

There were well over 2,000,000 individual responses to poll questions.

Most poll questions averaged 35,000 to 40,000 respondents per question.

Among the approximately 2,000 Xbox Undecided/Swing Voters who weighed in:

51% of undecideds declared Obama the victor, while 17% declared Romney the victor. 32% remained unsure of a winner.

Among those who leaned Romney prior to the debate, 19% thought Obama won the debate, compared with 2% of pre-debate Obama leaners who thought Romney won the debate.

28% of undecideds either leaned or decisively supported Obama post-debate. 10% either leaned or decisively supported Romney post-debate.

52% of undecideds declared Obama the most truthful, and 17% declared Romney the most truthful.

Among those who leaned Romney prior to the debate, 22% thought Romney was the most truthful, compared with 2% of pre-debate Obama leaners who thought Romney was most truthful.

56% of undecideds thought Obama was specific enough about his plans, while 17% thought Romney was specific enough about his plans.

Microsoft will be streaming the final the presidential debate on Monday Oct. 22. Xbox Live user that watch at least three of the four debates for 30 minutes or more will receive Halo 4 Warrior Armor for their Xbox Live Avatar.

Have you watched any of the debates on Xbox Live? What did you think of the poll questions? Did you like the quality of the Live stream? Who do you think won the second presidential debate? Watch an example of Xbox Live's coverage below. The video is provided by Polygon. Check out the video game that lets take control of the candidates and beat the other guy up here. Comment below....

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