CBS News poll finds Walz and Vance improved their standing in what debate watchers said was a positive debate.

The Democrat Walz, at times stumbling over his words, laid out his defense for Harris' housing plan, which includes tax incentives to spur more home construction and a $25,000 federal down payment credit for first-time buyers. He also repeatedly took aim at investor homebuyers, blaming them for driving up the cost of housing.

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.

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Four years ago, 57 million tuned in to the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle between Harris and then-Vice President Mike Pence. In 2008, a record 69.9 million watched Joe Biden and Sarah Palin face off on television in the most-watched VP debate, according to Nielsen.

JD Vance is focused on next month’s election. But the vice-presidential debate went a long way toward building his brand for a potential 2028 run.

As we quickly move on to the next news cycles, the VP debate showed that it is indeed possible to talk to each other even if we severely disagree. And whether we are “slick,” “weird,” or “plainspoken,” we still shake hands at the end. It should not be that hard.

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.

Viewers expected a boxing match Tuesday at the VP debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. But that's not exactly how it played out.

Viewership will likely be lower than the 67 million who watched Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump debate on Sept. 10. Four years ago, [58 million people watched](htt

Live” cold open this weekend mocked both parties’ vice-presidential nominees and took aim at their friendly rapport on the debate stage Tuesday night. The scene focused on Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s living room,