Registered voters who watched Tuesday’s debate between vice presidential nominees Tim Walz and JD Vance were closely divided over which candidate did the better job, according to a CNN instant poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS,

VP nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz had their first, and perhaps only, debate Tuesday. So, who won? No one actually wins. Here's why.

In one of the most notable exchanges of the vice presidential debate, JD Vance refused to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and downplayed the events of Jan. 6.

While the Walz-Vance debate, which was noted for being a relatively civil affair, was viewed by almost 25 percent less people than its predecessor, the Harris-Pence debate was also the second-most watched VP debate since Nielsen began keeping records.

According to an average of late-Tuesday polls from CNN/SSRS, YouGov/CBS News, Focaldata/Politico and J.L. Partners/DailyMail.com, 48 percent of debate watchers thought that Vance was the winner or turned in the best performance, while 46 percent thought that Walz was the winner or did the best.

An edited sampling of BostonGlobe.com readers' reactions to the scorecards of eight Opinion writers, who evaluated JD Vance’s and Tim Walz’s respective performances after the vice presidential debate ended Tuesday night.

However, two flash polls showed the Republican challenger Vance winning by a slim margin in the vice-presidential debate.

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CBS moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan had an important choice to make ahead of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate: would they directly fact check the candidates’statements live in the moment?

Former President Trump applauded his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, for a “brilliant performance" during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

In the frenzy of deciding what to think after a debate that basic question often gets lost. Debates generate a distinct news cycle as mainstream media plan for, cover, and finally discuss and fact-check the event.