'Cringe-worthy' candidates fail to connect and convince

Days after explosive revelations about Donald Trump's derogatory comments about women and Hillary Clinton's closed-door speeches to banking executives, some people who watched the US presidential debate on Sunday night were so disgusted they said they wouldn't vote or were weighing a third-party candidate or write-in option.

Sarah Parsons Fein, 38, of Tempe, Arizona, summed up the debate in one word: "cringe-worthy".

"The whole thing is just terrible for me. It's like a car accident - you can't look away but you want to," said the 38-year-old