The numbers: 

Florida: 

Pre-debate: 49 Obama, 43 McCain 

Post-debate: 51 Obama, 43 McCain 

Of the post-debate numbers, men favor McCain 50-45 while women favor Obama 57-37. McCain leads among whites 50-45. Independents are for Obama 52-40. 79% of Florida voters watched the debate, favoring Obama’s performance 49-34. Obama’s favorability is 58-33 while McCain scores a 52-39. 

60% of Florida voters consider the economy the biggest issue and they trust Obama more than McCain in this area 53-39. But they trust McCain more on foreign policy (52-41). 

Sarah Palin has a negative favorability rating in Florida with 36-39 (Biden’s doing well at 47-27).

Ohio: 

Pre-debate: 49 Obama, 42 McCain 

Post-debate: 50 Obama, 42 McCain 

Obama leads 53-39 among women and is tied with McCain (46-46) among men. Independents favor Obama 46-42. Of the 64% of Ohio voters that watched the debate, 49-33 favored Obama. Obama’s Ohio favorability is 54-32 with McCain at 49-40. 

59% of Ohio voters consider the economy to be the biggest issue and they favor Obama in that area 50-39. They prefer McCain when it comes to foreign policy (53-38). 

Sarah Palin’s favorability is even at 35-35. Joe Biden fares better with 38-27. 

Pennsylvania: 

Pre-debate: 49 Obama, 43 McCain 

Post-debate: 54 Obama, 39 McCain 

Obama leads 58-34 among women and 49-45 among men. Independents favor Obama 59-29. 69% of the voters saw the debate and they favored Obama 51-30. His overall favorability is 61-28 while McCain has a nearly even split at 45-44. 

59% of the voters consider the economy the biggest issue and they prefer Obama for that issue 55-36. They trust McCain more with foreign policy but not by much (48-45). 

Sarah Palin has a negative favorability rating of 34-37. Joe Biden does much better with a 49-23.