FARMVILLE, VA — Last Tuesday night, October 4, 2016, the first vice presidential debate of the 2016 elections took place at Longwood University. During this 90-minute debate Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine went head-to-head for the first time on the center stage.

Throughout the debate Kaine interrupted Pence and the moderator over 70 times, Pence interrupted over 40 times, and the moderator was forced to intervene about 20 times compared to the 55 times Trump interrupted Clinton and the 11 times Clinton interrupted Trump during the first presidential debate.

In the end of the debate, an instant poll taken by CNN on Wednesday showed that — of the 472 voters interviewed — 48% believed that Pence won the debate. The other 42% believed that Kaine won the debate. This is a very small margin of victory when compared to the 13% margin Clinton had over Trump at the end of the presidential debate, the results being 53% Clinton, 40% Trump, and 8% undecided.

After the VP debate 29% of voters said the debate turned their vote to Trump and 18% of voters turned their votes to Clinton while the majority of voters (53%) remained unswayed. This is another considerably small percentage when compared with the statistics that emerged from the presidential debate. After the first presidential debate, 34% of voters said they turned their support to Clinton and 18% said they turned their support to Trump, but 48% of voters reported remaining unswayed.

In short, the vice presidential debate was a small victory for the Trump Campaign but not exactly a boost to their ratings. The debate did, however, appear to be a turning point for the Trump Campaign which had recently been seeing a large drop in support following the first presidential debate.