1.) If you are consulting polls to determine the winner of a debate, remember that Kerry won every poll handily but lost the election. Why? Because the Democratic Party sent out links to the internet polls and encouraged their people to vote on all the polls.
2.) The correct answers would refer to a well written book by some title such as “taxation for the optimal creation of high paying jobs”. The book would be well written, full of examples, calculations, data, fact, history and sources. It might be supported by computer simulation and could include computer programs and printouts.
3.) Logically, the debate is only won by logic and fact. It would take an expert that researched all the logic and fact to be able to correctly determine the winner. The winning argument wouldn’t contain relevant fallacies or have large errors in the most relevant facts.
4.) Both candidates present their proposals like two stick figures. One does a better job than the other. The irritating fact is that sometimes the candidates support both sides of an issue. They will offer solutions that support both sides. That way they can’t be wrong. One candidate is particularly guilty.
5.) In other words, vague, shifting, and contradictory answers are not the result of any intellectual group and not worthy of support.
Nobody should have won the debates. One did better…