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Stubborn

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10. I don't think this debate will change things much, but..
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 12:13 PM
Sep 2016

Debates definitively move polls.

Romney got a very large bump after the first debate in 2012.

http://www2.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

He went from being down by 4.5 on Sep. 29th to being up by 0.7 on October 9th. The first debate was on October 3rd.

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