Experts say both parties are satisfied with how their candidates responded, in last night's presidential debate.
Especially Democrats, who saw President Obama come out much more aggressive than last time.
Erick Herzik is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada and says the debate saw both candidates come out swinging, putting the issues on the table.
"This was an outstanding debate," Herzik said. "Maybe the best presidential debate I've seen, in terms of candidates just standing toe-to-toe, giving substantive answers."
It was also a chance for the candidates to point out what they believe are their opponents' flaws, and to call each other out on a number of issues.
"There's very little humor in these debates," Herzik said. "It's not personal attacks, particularly, but they're not willing to back off on their criticism of each other."
Most agree that Mitt Romney won the first debate, with this one leaning more towards the President.
Either way, experts say the town hall format is something that worked well for both candidates.
"They certainly worked the audience well," Herzik said. "They would walk right up to the questioner, address them by name. They were both on top of their game, last night."
People we talked with say they agree the President's aggressive approach made for a lively debate.
"I thought there was something wrong with Obama in the first debate," Ron Woolf said. "Like he was tired, like he just didn't have the energy. But last night, he was extremely fired up."
"It was nice to have the town hall format, different format, people asking questions and I just wish they were a little more straight-forward in answering people's questions," Tom Whitlock said.
Political analysts say there are very few undecided voters left, so the latest debate may have helped both candidates by energizing their base voters.
But even with just 20 days to go until the election, the race still doesn't have a clear front-runner.
"You pull out all the stops, in the last three weeks," Herzik said. "There's no sense to leave anything in the bank account because you only get one shot at this, every four years."
That means we can expect some more visits from the candidates, in swing states like Nevada, between now and November 6th.
The last presidential debate takes place Monday at 6pm at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. You can watch it live on Channel 2.
Written by Paul Nelson
