As the candidates walked to their places as applause filled the room; everyone knew what was at stake. The next 90 minutes could decide who will be President of the United States. This was the feeling during the October 19 debate at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Both Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were present and ready for action. The first few minutes of the debate were calm, then the gloves came off.

The first topic was on social policy and who the candidates would potentially nominate for the Supreme Court. When Secretary Clinton was asked about what she thought about the landmark Supreme Court case that in effect legalized abortions, Roe v. Wade, she said, “I will defend Roe v. Wade, and I will defend women’s rights to make their own healthcare decisions.”

Businessman Donald Trump immediately attacked the policy, saying, “Based on what she’s saying and based on where she’s going and where she’s been, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb… that’s not acceptable.”

Quickly, the topic was dismissed and insults from both candidates’ streamed. Trump claimed that Clinton deliberately deleted her email’s and Clinton claimed that Russia was directly trying to influence the election towards Trump through WikiLeaks, the organization that has been releasing her emails. Chris Wallace, that night’s moderator and Fox News correspondent, closed down the argument and moved towards other policy issues like the economy and foreign policy.

One of the last issues raised was fitness to be president. Recently, Donald Trump has been commenting on how he believes the election is rigged and how he may not support the results. “I will look at it at the time. I’m not looking at anything now. I’ll look at it at the time.”, he said.

Clinton responded saying that a peaceful transition of power has kept democracy alive, and anyone who doesn’t accept these results should not be president.

After the debate, both campaigns claimed they won. According to the most recent CNN poll, Clinton is at 47% and Trump is at 42%. But it was agreed upon that this debate would definitely effect the results of the election on November 8.