Obama, Romney
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (L) makes a point while answering a question from moderator Bob Schieffer (C) as U.S. President Barack Obama listens during the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida, October 22, 2012. Reuters/Jason Reed

For the final time this election cycle, President Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney came face-to-face.

The president and his Republican challenger went back on forth on foreign policy in a debate moderated by CBS' Bob Schieffer.

According to a CNS News instant poll, 53 percent of voters said Obama won the debate, 23 percent thought Romney won and 24 percent thought that the debate was a tie.

A CNN/ORC poll showed 48 percent believed Obama won, while 40 percent believed Romney did. The poll revealed that nearly 60 percent of debate-watchers thought that Obama did a better job than they had expected and 44 percent who said that the GOP governor had a better than expected debate performance.

"A majority of debate watchers said that President Obama seemed to be the stronger leader," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. "But on the question of likeability, the two candidates are essentially tied on a trait that has generally been an advantage for Obama. That's probably due to the fact that two-thirds of debate watchers felt that Obama spent more time than Mitt Romney on the attack."

In the series of debates, the president slimly beat Romney. Romney was a clear winner in the first debate, and the president edged out Romney on the last two

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