If viewers were expecting fireworks, such as those in September’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, last night’s debate between vice-presidential hopefuls J.D. Vance and Tim Walz was a damp squib.
It offered those tuning in a welcome return to a less fevered (and fairly respectful) political discourse about policy issues, although it still presented opportunities for both candidates to make errors and attack the opposing presidential candidates.
This was the last television debate before the election on November 5, so this was the final chance for the teams to spar on policy positions in this format and at this length. It was also the first extensive opportunity for Vance and Walz to go head-to-head, despite some previous online engagement.
