Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Who Out-Zingered Who?

PHOTO: President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney take part in the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla.

According to ABC News:

President Obama out-zingered Mitt Romney in their final presidential debate by 3 to 1

The Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, Quantified Impressions' looked at the candidate's performance and found:
  • Obama deployed "pointed, purposeful, aggressive commentary" for a total of 240 seconds to Romney's 80 seconds
  • Facial-expression expert Chris Kowal of Purdue University, who used a computer program to scrutinize Obama and Romney's underlying emotions throughout the debate, said Obama's expressions clearly displayed pride when he deployed both zingers.  
  • Romney speaks more quickly than Obama, but uses words that are easier to understand \
  • The foreign policy forum featured fewer moments of aggressive confrontation between the candidates. 
Check out the full report here

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