VP Debate Polls

- CNN poll included 611 viewers
- CNN: 51% for Biden, 36% for PalinCNN: Analysis Palin Gets Back on Track, But Biden Wins (October 3, 2008)
- CBS poll: 46% for Biden, 21% for PalinFOXNews.com: TV Pundits: Palin, Biden Debate... (October 3, 2008)
- FOX poll: 61% for Biden, 39% for PalinThe Telegraph: Who Won the VP Debate: Palin Or Joe Biden? (October 3, 2008)
- "Who won the debate?" Forbes.com poll: Biden, 7419 votes, Palin 2654Forbes.com: Poll: Who Won VP Debate, Sarah Palin or Joe Biden? (October 2, 2008)

According to a vp debate poll conducted by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. Poll of debate viewers, 51% said Joe Biden won the debate compared to 36% who said Sarah Palin did better. The poll had an error margin of 4 points.CNN: Analysis Palin Gets Back on Track, But Biden Wins (October 3, 2008) CBS's poll of uncommitted voters said Biden won with 46% and 21% favoring Palin.FOXNews.com: TV Pundits: Palin, Biden Debate... (October 3, 2008) A FOX poll conducted immediately after the debate showed that 61% thought Biden had won the debate versus 39% who thought Palin had won.The Telegraph: Who Won the VP Debate: Palin Or Joe Biden? (October 3, 2008)
A similar poll was conducted for the debate between Obama and McCain and polls concluded that Obama won over uncommitted voters.CBS News: CBS Poll: Obama Boosted... (September 27, 2008)
Unscientific Viewer Polls

Web and text message polls conducted immediately after the debate resulted in wildly different results. In a FOX News poll in which viewers could text message in their opinion of who won the debate, Sarah Palin won with over 87% of the vote.The Raw Story: Fox Cites Unreliable Text Poll Declaring Palin Winner (October 3, 2008) On the other hand, in an MSNBC web poll, 75.3% of those voting thought Biden had won, versus 21.3% for Palin. Neither poll was scientific, since participants could vote as many times as they wished.MSNBC: Who Won the Vice Presidential Debate? (October 3, 2008)