An Ohio focus group watching Tuesday's vice presidential debate rated Republican nominee Mike Pence's defense of supposedly "deplorable" Americans as one of the Indiana governor's best moments of the night.

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GOP pollster Frank Luntz, who was overseeing the focus group, said it was perhaps the "KO punch" of the debate. Pence's comment referred to a comment last month from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who put half of Trump supporters into a "basket of deplorables" before walking back the remark.

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Mike Pence's defense of "deplorable" Americans may be the KO punch of tonight's #VPDebate. pic.twitter.com/lC3jSmNzlj — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 5, 2016

Trump supporters rated the moment at a score of 88 out of 100, undecided voters scored it at 83, and Hillary Clinton supporters offered it a generous 55.

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While Pence was a hit with the focus group, Kaine struggled to connect during several key moments.

A CNN/ORC instant poll found Pence to be the winner over Kaine. Forty-eight percent of the 472 registered voters surveyed said Pence emerged as the winner in the face-off against Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine. Forty-two percent thought the Democratic vice presidential nominee won the political showdown.

Tuesday night's political duel in Virginia was the only scheduled vice presidential debate of 2016.

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