check out all of our reality checks, go to cnn.com/realitychecks. thanks to you as well. dave, instant poll results. more information. >> we've looked at that big number, we know it was 57-34, trump. how does split by gender? who won the debate? this is among debate watchers. slightly more democrat leaning audience. look here. hillary clinton won among men by 11 points. 49% to 38%, but look at her victory in the debate among women. obviously a central issue, 64% to 30%, a 34-point victory among women. we also asked, who spent more time attacking their opponent, donald trump did that. 68% of debate watchers said he spent more time attacking hillary clinton, 16% clinton attacks donald trump, and both of them attacked their opponents 50% of debate watchers said that. >> and this poll was a debate watcher. is there any indication that the negativity of this debate effectively changed viewers minds about either of these candidates? >> as you know wolf, these are the two most unpopular candidates we've ever seen in political history running for president

go to cnn.com/realitycheck. >>> back with the panel.u believe there is large-scale voter fraud, as your candidate said? >> i think there's large-scale voter fraud, but not yet in the presidential election. there's over 400 cases in smaller elections. i think donald trump will address this a little bit tonight. but let me just point to something -- >> he's already say thing is large-scale voter fraud. >> there is voter fraud. here's what is different about tonight and how he wins. he goes down a different path. he spends 10, 15 minutes prosecuting possibly the past and everything we talked about. more importantly, he talks about his policies for the future. most americans today, they're tired of all this. they want to know the policy points. when he talks about ethics reform or call for term limits, when he talks about policy, i think that's what americans on both sides of the aisle want to hear. >> do you believe there's large-scale voter fraud as donald trump says? >> i think what this election comes down to is a few thousand votes in

go to cnn.com/realitycheck, guys. >> christine, thank you very much very helpful. >>> trump under fireor refusing to accept the will of the voters. will trump's tactic pay off somehow? we'll ask a congresswoman who supports trump, next. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >> do you make the same commitment that you will absolutely, sir, that you will absolutely accept the results of this election? >> i'll look at it at the time. >> are you saying you're not prepared to commit to that principle. >> i'll tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >>> that was donald trump refusing to say whether he will accept the results of the election that's in sharp contrast to comments from his own running mate and daughter and campaign manager. let's discuss this with renee elmers. she supports donald trump. good morning, congresswoman. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> what did you think o

remember, you can go to cnn.com/realitycheck. wolf? >> jim sciutto, thank you very much.ome more results from our cnn/orc instant poll. >> now we're digging in on issues. let's start again how the debate watchers say who won the debate tonight, overall results. 52% of debate watchers tonight in our poll say hillary clinton won the debate tonight. 39% say donald trump won the debate tonight. scoring her third victory in our poll. this debate season. now let's look at some issues. who would better handle the economy? take a look at this and how close it is. 50% of debate watchers say that hillary clinton would better handle the economy. 48% say that of donald trump. who would better handle immigration? that was a hotly debated topic tonight. donald trump 50% of debate watchers say he would better handle immigration, clinton 48%. very close results on two big issues there. >> the debate started off on the issue of the supreme court, who would be better in filling a vacancy or more on the supreme court. >> another basic tie in our result. who would better handle supreme court

go to our website cnn.com/realitycheck. wolf? >> thanks very much.e reality checks are very important but average viewer is going to emerge from that 95 minute or so debate with impression about these two vice presidential running mates and how that impacts presidential nominees. >> and how that impacts them is only thing that matters in this whole ball game so the question is going to be whether or not mike pence staying calm, pivoting, not necessarily defending donald trump, is going to matter. answer is going to be whether or not each campaign can spin it and whether or not the people at top of the ticket can keep the narrative going. >> stand by. going to check back with focus group of undecided voters in virginia, did tonight's debate help them make up their minds? and more results from instant poll of debate watchers coming up. from breakfast burritos to late night quesadillas 20 decadent cravings $1 all day at taco bell. let the feast begin. sprint? i'm hearing good things about the network. all the networks are great now. we're talking within

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by the way, for more reality checks go to cnn.com/realitycheck.ng up we will hear more from our focus group of undecided virginia voters. we will get their reaction to key moments in tonight's debate. we will be right back. >>> guys, we showed you earlier the majority of the focus group of undecided voters said tim kaine won the debate. we will show you a key moment right now that these voters in virginia said was important for them. keep your eye on the bottom of the screen. men's responses are in green. women in yellow. when the lines go up, that means they like what they heard. if the lines go down, they didn't like a candidate's answer. here's tim kaine talking about his faith and the death penalty. >> to allow executions to go forward, but in circumstances with i didn't feel like there was a case for clem nsy i told virginia voters i would uphold the law and i did. that was a real struggle, but i think it is really, really important that those of us who have deep faith lives don't feel we can just substitute our views for everybody else in so

you want to see all of our fact checks tonight, that's reality checks on cnn.com/realitycheck. >> we'llmore reality checks coming up. thank you very much. david, you've got some more results from our cnn/orc instant poll of debate watchers. >> that's right. the poll of debate watchers, let's do that top line again, who won the debate. hillary clinton 52%, donald trump 39%. hillary clinton, for the third time in a row this season, is deemed the winner in our instant poll of debate watchers. but this next finding may be even more important. who seemed better prepared for the presidency. clinton, 59%, trump 35%. that is a better score than people who thought she won the debate. so you look at that, that is the threshold question. that is what donald trump didn't solve for himself tonight. we also asked who do you agree with on important issues. pretty even here. clinton, 50%, donald trump 47%. and another category where they divided evenly, who was more sincere and authentic. donald trump 47%, hillary clinton 46%. they divided on a lot of the issues and attributes. but when it came to who

for this and all of tonight's reality checks go to cnn.com/realitycheck. wolf? >> cnn's coverage of the second presidential debate continues right after this. . . . >>> it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament like donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> wow. this time it's personal. donald trump and hillary clinton. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. welcome to "early start." what happened just a few hours ago in st. louis will be talked about for generations and what political discourse reached a level never seen before and not a high one. donald trump's campaign staggered after the video where the bragged he could grab a woman's genitals. then he went to attack mode and hillary clinton responded. >> look, it's just not true. >> you didn't delete them? >> personal e-mails. not official. we turned over 35,000. >> what about the other 50,000? >> please allow her to respond. she didn't talk while you talked. >> that's true. i'll try not to in this debate because i'd