Second debate instant polls results

The second opportunity to lock horns in a live television debate engaged the main party leaders in a fierce and fast-paced discussion answering question from the live studio audience assembled in Bristol. The general consensus from the general public seems to be twofold: first, that Tory candidate David Cameron looked pinned in a corner, unconvincingly chasing the game throughout, and secondly, that Lib Dem Nick Clegg lived up to the expectations created by the first debate a week prior.  Clegg seems to have stood up well to a resurgent Gordon Brown, with a steady performance that saw him well composed, if occasionally on the offence in front of the Bristol audience hosted by Sky News.

Instant polls made public immediately after the debate give indication of the tight balance in electorate preferences that the debate doesn’t seem to have helped disperse.

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