USA 2012 Presidential Election Speech Reactions

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Please direct any queries to [email protected] Roy Morgan Research – HEAD OFFICE: 328 Wall Street, Princeton NJ 08540 Telephone: +1 (908) 938 3783 © Roy Morgan Research The ups and downs of Presidential candidates. Hundreds of Americans have recorded their second-by-second reactions to highlights of the two Presidential candidates’ speeches with Roy Morgan’s Reactor. September 2012

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Please direct any queries to [email protected] Morgan Research – HEAD OFFICE: 328 Wall Street, Princeton NJ 08540

Telephone: +1 (908) 938 3783© Roy Morgan Research

The ups and downs of Presidential candidates.

Hundreds of Americans have recorded their second-by-second reactions to highlights of the two Presidential

candidates’ speeches with Roy Morgan’s Reactor.

September 2012

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The Online Reactor

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The Online Reactor

On September 12 & 13, 2012, hundreds of Americans recorded their second-by-second reactions to highlights of the two Presidential candidates’ speeches with Roy Morgan’s Reactor.

The Reactor (the original Worm) is an effective, proven methodology for measuring emotive (virtually unconscious) reactions speeches & debates, element by element, second by second.  It has been proven with thousands of ad & program tests worldwide over more than 20 years.

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The 2012 Presidential nomination acceptance speeches of Barack Obama

and Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney talks about freedom. Positive reaction from both men & women.

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18-34yr olds love President Obama’s ‘soaring rhetoric’ about the greatest nation on Earth

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Mitt Romney talks about repealing “Obamacare”. This appeals most to 35-49yr olds.

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Mitt Romney talking about supporting childrenand providing for improved education outcomesalso appeals strongly to 35-49yr olds

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Surprisingly, Romney frequently scored higherwith 18 to 34 year-olds than Obama (the segment in the middle that scored lower with younger voters).

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This graph shows segments, alternating between Romney & Obama’s speeches, demonstrating the President’s compelling appeal to women (red line).

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Supporters of each party stick stronglywith their chosen candidates as shown bythe Reactor graph below these images.

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This suggests that, to win the election, both candidatesshould target Independent voters in the middle.

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Videos of highlights available on You Tube

View a five minute video of the reactions of different age groups of Americans.

This three minute video show’s reactions graphed by people’s usual Party preference.

President Obama’s superior appeal to women is obvious in this four minute video which graphs reactions by gender.

For further details or to request access to the full results of the Reactor results of the Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches, email: [email protected]