Both of the vice presidential candidates aimed more of their attacks in the debate at the top of the ticket rather than at each other.
Kaine ended his opening statement in the debate with a dig at Trump and frequently quoted Trump’s previous remarks. By our count, Kaine attacked Trump 32 times but only attacked Pence directly nine times. He attacked the pair of them together only twice.
Pence’s strategy, however, involved frequently attacking both Kaine and Clinton as a ticket. By our count Pence attacked Clinton and Kaine together 10 times. Pence took aim at Kaine 5 times, but attacked Clinton 23 times through the debate.