Voters react to Presidential debate

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Wednesday night's presidential debate has been a hot topic.

For some, it was a deciding factor on who they want in the White House next January.

"This particular debate strengthened my confidence in one of the candidates," said Kirsten of Westfeld.

Others though felt they had more questions after it was over.

"There's just a lot of going back and forth about who said what, and I haven't really been convinced of anything", another voter told 22News.

But according to a nationwide poll, conducted by CNN, two-thirds of Americans who tuned-in to the debate think Romney came out the winner.

"He sold me on some of his dollars that he was mentioning...spending and things like that; and Obama just didn't seem that sure of himself", said Holly of West Hartford, Conn.

Doug Battema is the Chair of the Communication Department at Western New England University, and has taught public speaking for almost two decades. He said Romney maintained a sense of composure and control--that was evident in his tone and body language.

"I think that was critical for him as a challenger, simply because one of the things you need to be able to do is look presidential, and to sound presidential. President Obama, I think had a little bit less of a burden to do that because he's been in the office for the last four years", said Battema.

This debate has also caused a frenzy on the social networking front--especially on Twitter. Users flooded their accounts with up-to-minute commentaries, making this the most tweeted event in political history.

But both nominees will be thrown back into the ring twice more to debate, before the people decide on the real winner.