On Monday, the final presidential debate aired in front of more than 60 million voters. For the last time, two viable presidential candidates stood on the same stage to take jabs at one another and criticize policies, both foreign and domestic, while making a case of how our nation essentially is broken and that they’re the only candidate with the know-how to fix it.

So now that the debates are in the history books, what are some of the takeaways left with voters? Speaking from a personal perspective, very little came of the debates, if anything at all. What I saw was a rehashing of what I had already seen over and over. But of course, I can’t speak for everyone. Some who had been on the fence were persuaded by quick talk and a sense of confidence. Conversely, voters already locked in, so to speak, but watched the debate anyway may have well watched the debate on mute and ad libbed their own thoughts. It’s the first thing we learned. The “debating” aspect of a debate doesn’t matter for anyone who already knows who they’re going to vote for.

Second, body language speaks volumes. We’ve known this for decades – since the Nixon/Kennedy debate in 1960 – but as each of this year’s debates unfolded, body language became more interpretive, particularly during the first and second debates. Millions of eyes fixated on the movements of each man, analyzing and interpreting every motion, every eye gaze, every swallow, head nod and hand gesture for what it was worth. It brings to mind the late comedian George Burns, who’s credited as saying: “Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” To be clear, I don’t believe the winner of the presidency will be determined solely by body language, but I have the sense to know a candidate with the not so cool, calm and collected body language of Rodney Dangerfield getting “no respect” would never see the oval office. At least not as long as there’s television.

We’ve also learned that where there’s a gaffe integrated with the lethal combination of 24-hour news networks and social media, there’s sure to be several days of overreaction that follow. From Big Bird and malarkey, to binders full of women, and horses and bayonets; there was always something to leave a bigger impact in the minds of voters after a debate ... you know, other than the political issues themselves.