WATCH: Voters react in real time to key Vance-Walz debate moments on immigration, democracy, abortion

A Fox News Digital focus group of Republicans, Democrats and independents reacted to key moments from the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate between Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday night, offering real-time responses to the candidates' statements.

In a focus group hosted by Lee Carter, participants across the political spectrum used dials showing their favorable, unfavorable or neutral responses to Vance and Walz. Their reactions gave insights into how the voters who will help decide the election felt about the demeanor, character and policies of the two men, one of whom will be the next vice president.

Here are some of the most significant voter reactions from Tuesday night's focus group.

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Vance's stance on immigration crisis during debate: 'Stop the bleeding'

Vance’s argument that the U.S. needed to "stop the bleeding" at the border during Tuesday’s debate elicited a mixed response from voters.

Vance received mixed responses when he said, "Before we talk about deportations, we have to stop the bleeding… we have a historic immigration crisis because Kamala Harris started and said that she wanted to undo all of Donald Trump’s border policies."

While Republican views of Vance’s answers had an immediate positive response, Democratic viewers of the debate went in an opposite direction, the dials showed. Independents, meanwhile, hovered around a neutral response to Vance’s answer.

Voters began to see Vance’s response in a more positive light when he touched on former President Trump’s border policies, arguing that the next administration should return to handling the border similar to how Trump