Mike Pence won VP debate, according to CNN poll, Frank Luntz focus group
After a tough week for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the Trump ticket needed a good vice presidential debate on Tuesday night. He got one, mostly. According to a snap CNN/ORC poll, Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, won the debate against Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's VP nominee, 48 percent to 42 percent, barely within the poll's ±4.5-point margin of error. Among viewers, 29 percent said the debate would make them more likely to vote for Trump, 18 percent said the same for Clinton, and 53 percent said it didn't matter for their vote.
Republican pollster Frank Luntz put together a focus group of Ohio voters who say they are undecided or uncommitted to the candidate they support, and he also found that Pence won. While only one of the panelists thought Trump won his first debate against Clinton last week, a sizable majority thought Pence beat Kaine.
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