VP debate highlights: The biggest moments from JD Vance's and Tim Walz's first and only faceoff

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Vance argued that voters should consider the state of the economy under Trump, which he said was largely strong until the pandemic.
47% : But then the Ohioan questioned whether carbon emissions are the main driver of climate change.
46% : Vance also largely dodged a question about Congress's role in immigration policy as Walz argued for the merits of a bipartisan immigration bill that Trump and Republicans moved to tank earlier this year.
38% : At one point, the Minnesota governor declared that the "expansion of Israel and its proxies is an absolute fundamental necessity for the United States," seemingly confusing Israel with Iran, a country whose proxies include Hamas and Hezbollah.Walz then pivoted to attacking Trump, saying that "a nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment."
38% : "Vance argued that life had become unaffordable for many Americans since Biden took office while asking voters to remember what he said was the state of the economy under Trump.
34% : He also argued that Trump kept the world safe by "establishing effective deterrence" and that "people were afraid of stepping out of line.
23% : Trump has refused to debate Harris again.
14% : Trump has refused to debate Harris again.

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