Yes, they are only vying to play second fiddle.

But, as the saying goes, one of them will also be a heartbeat away from the presidency.

So are you going to watch tonight’s live, televised debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz, the two major-party candidates for the vice presidency?

If you do, we ask you to be so kind as to answer our Question of the Week: Who won?

Which of these White, male Midwesterner American politicians did a better job of articulating why he and his running mate deserve your votes in November?

Was it the one you expected to win, based on what you had seen and read before the debate? Regardless of who you were planning to support in the first place, can you be at least somewhat objective and say why it was that you were impressed — in the moment of their face-off, not from your prior impressions?

Was it command of the facts? Or was it demeanor, eloquence, sense of humor — the “person I’d rather have a beer with” school of politics?

Both are from heartland states — Vance from Ohio, Walz from Minnesota by way of South Dakota. And both currently hold elective office. But in so many other ways, they are different. Walz was a high school teacher and a football coach before he ran for Congress and then governor. Vance went to Yale Law School, wrote a best-seller, worked in the rarefied world of venture capital in Silicon Valley before the Senate. Walz seemingly became more liberal over the years; Vance, more conservative.

Did Walz do a good job on zingers aimed at Vance’s former criticisms of Donald Trump? Did Vance do a good job nailing Walz for misstatements on military service? Were there any big gaffes?

How did the CBS moderators do? Did they fact-check candidate statements, when appropriate? Did you use the QR code on your screen that CBS said it would put up to give viewers a chance to look at the fact-checking in real time?

Did the network allow the candidates to be the stars of the evening, rather than those asking questions?

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