first time we got to see them really head to head on the debate stage. >> important night with a lot of contrast. cnn's gary tuchman watched the debate with iowa voters and has some of their immediate takeaways. >> reporter: the people you see applauding are the people we have been with for all five republican presidential debates. we watched this one in person. we watched the other four with them on tv where they live. story county, iowa, the center of the state. when this final debate ended, we asked the ten people in the group, who thinks desantis won this debate? >> four. who thinks haley won this debate? one, two, three, four -- that's eight. looks like some people -- who did not vote? why didn't you vote? >> i thought donald trump won the debate. i thought it was kind of -- >> he wasn't here, but you're saying he won by not being here. >> exactly. yeah. >> and jim, i think you think the same thing. >> yes, i do. >> so four, four, two, so we have a draw. >> reporter: haley had won the