In other words, regardless of which candidate the pundits deem won the debate, no minds were significantly changed and the fractured electorate basically went back to partisan positions once the fact-checking and the name-calling ended.
After the unit's overhaul in 2013, its investigative reports went from maybe a dozen pages on average to as many as 100 pages, which advocates deemed a win for transparency.
EVER since the presidential debates began, the candidate who is deemed to have won them also went on to win the election.
Henry can be deemed to have won a wager with himself.
Last month, West Africa was deemed to have won the war on the disease.
In those races, the candidates who were deemed more competent won the election 66.8percentt of the time.
Whether that argument becomes the dominant narrative matters, because it will shape what sort of a governing mandate Mr. Obama is deemed to have won.
Gore, representing the Clinton administration as it strove to push the bill through Congress, was deemed to have won the debate hands down.
The independent nuclear deterrent is another battle which the prime minister who pushed ahead with Trident is deemed to have won, by 40%to28%8%.
A survey of Tampa-area debate watchers, meanwhile, showed no clear advantage: Mr. Gingrich was deemed to have won the debate by 30 percent of respondents, and Mr. Romney by 26 percent.
