How was Sen. Clinton declared winner of the debate by three analysts and Popular Vote?

Question

In the recent debates the Analysts and majority of Viewers thought Joe Bidden knew most about the issues.

'Best Response', Bidden and Dodd each got one analyst's vote, while Edwards got popular vote and the remaining analyst's vote.

'Most Surprising Performance', Edwards received one analyst's vote while Obama got the remaining two and popular vote.

'Participant whose campaign benefited most', two analysts gave specific accolades to Obama's response and he also won popular vote. One analyst said, "Clinton's camp has to be pleased".

'Most Creative campaign video' saw analysts split between Obama, Dodd and Richardson while Obama won the popular vote.

Total results relating to: knowledge, response, performance, recognition and creativity

Clinton, 1
Richardson, 1
Dodd, 2
Edwards, 3
Bidden, 5
Obama, 8

The only positive vote she got was for having pleased her camp by throwing out 'red meat' especially in regards to the 2000 campaign'. We need a candidate to address today's issues

Link to results
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/debates/scorecard/youtube.debate/results.html

Answer 1

And his name is Barack Obama.