Who won the Republican presidential debate? Vote in our poll.

Who Won the GOP Debate? Vote in Our Totally Unscientific Online Poll.

Who Won the GOP Debate? Vote in Our Totally Unscientific Online Poll.

Who's winning, who's losing, and why.
Dec. 15 2015 10:55 PM

Who Won the GOP Debate?

Vote in our totally unscientific online poll.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Carly Fiorina by Sean Rayford/Getty Images. Ben Carson by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Chris Christie by Darren McCollester/Getty Images. Jeb Bush by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Donald Trump by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. John Kasich by Alex Wong/Getty Images.

Now that the fifth Republican presidential debate is over, pundits and politicos will be gabbing about what it all means for each candidate’s campaign. Who triumphed? Who floundered? Who will ride the debate to electoral glory, and who is fated to fizzle? But TV talking heads won’t decide this election. The American people will. And all of them read Slate. So we’re turning to you, Slate readers, in our completely unscientific and unserious attempt to determine: Who won?

Chris Kirk is a web developer at New York magazine and Slate’s former interactives editor. Follow him on Twitter.