Trump-Biden debate: Little new insight into policy goals

Though asked three times, former President Donald Trump never directly affirmed that he would accept the election results, no matter who wins.

Several times Trump noted that he would accept the results "if it's a fair and legal and good election" but wouldn't give a yes or no answer to moderator Dana Bash's inquiries.

The follow-ups came after Trump ultimately denounced political violence as "totally unacceptable."

After the moderator asked Trump three times whether he would accept the results of the November election, Joe Biden responded that he doubted Trump would "because you're such a whiner."

Biden noted there was no evidence of any widespread fraud in the 2020 election and that multiple courts had dismissed challenges brought by Trump's campaign.

In his two-minute closing argument, Trump went after Biden's record abroad in a personal attack.

"They don't respect you throughout the world," he said.

Trump said he had the largest tax cut and the largest regulation cuts in history, but the country is now "exploding."

"We're a failing nation, but it's not going to be failing anymore," he said. "We're going to make it great again."

"We have made significant progress from the debacle that was left by President Trump in his last term," Biden said.

Biden then went on to summarize some of his signature policies. On the economy, he vowed he will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year and to continue his work to reduce health care costs, child care costs and give families financial breathing room.

"We're going to continue to fight to bring down inflation and give people a break," Biden said in closing.

Dan Olszewski is a socially liberal and fiscally conservative Republican entrepreneur from Wisconsin - the kind of voter who helped deliver his home state to Joe Biden four years ago.

He supported Nikki Haley in the GOP primary and said he won't support Trump after January 6. But he reached out to ABC News unprompted tonight to vent about Biden's debate performance.

"This is an unmitigated disaster for Biden. Shockingly bad," he wrote.

He says the debate hasn't changed how he plans to vote but he doesn't think Biden has done himself any favors tonight.

"Doesn't change my perspective since inept is better than evil but not sure how it can help any undecided go towards Biden," he told ABC News.