Second presidential debate could turn off voters altogether

The crowd cheered when Donald Trump said he would have Hillary Clinton locked up over her email scandal and Clinton took a few shots too.

“Anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it's exploding,” Clinton said.

For many, last night’s debate was too heavy on the insults.

“That kind of disappointed me,” one viewer said.

“Too light on substance,” another viewer said.

“Gross. It’s, like, I want to know about policy, what the plan for the future is,” another said.

Trump drew criticism for digging into the past, inviting women who've made allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton after newly released tapes showed Trump in 2005 talking about grabbing women’s genitals.

“This is locker room talk," he said.

Before the debate, an ABC/SSRS poll found 43 percent of Americans believed Trump should withdraw from the race.

Davidson College professor Dr. Susan Roberts said his apology won’t soothe women voters.

“I think the 'Access Hollywood' tapes just seal the deal for Donald Trump,” she said.

She said his comments and the exchange of insults, however, weren’t enough to sway Trump or Clinton’s bases.

This could turn off some people from voting altogether.

“There has never been a campaign so personally negative...if you look at the republicans greatest fear is if voters stay home,” Roberts said.

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