Vice presidential nominees Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both went into Tuesday’s debate knowing that their contest, traditionally an afterthought in presidential politics, was going to command the nation’s focus in unusual fashion.
Over 43 million viewers were treated to a calm and more substantive conversation about national political issues. Vance and Walz’s showdown was the highest-rated vice presidential debate since Joe Biden and Sarah Palin squared off in 2008, according to Nielsen.
