For anyone watching the reruns, I would urge you to observe how when Trump and Cruz answered a question, Jake Tapper & the other moderators immediately let fly with a new question to someone, before any applause could proceed very far (essentially cutting off the applause prematurely), but for others like Carly and Rubio, they allowed the applause to complete before firing the next question.
Notice also how this hand-picked RINO audience did not applaud at all at times for lines that were obvious applause lines by Trump & Cruz, but applauded like crazy for so-so lines by the RINO candidates.
The third thing I think you should watch for is how often the moderators just completely cut off Trump and Cruz in mid-sentence, but usually let the RINOS go on to finish their thoughts before cutting them off completely.
It had an air of a fixed/slanted/biased format, and was, generally speaking, a complete CNN disgrace.
With that said, it is useful to take a look at the immediate reaction of voting viewers on sources like Drudge, which so far is revealing the failure of CNN’s dishonest attempts to game the results of the “debate”. It should be instructive to see the polls in the next couple weeks.