Hannah Greenlaw of Salem, N.H., will be voting for the first time next month, and if her reaction to last night's vice presidential debate is any indication, she will definitely be casting her ballot for the Republican McCain-Palin ticket.

Greenlaw, 18, was among six undecided voters asked by The Eagle-Tribune to watch the much anticipated debate between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.

Four of the six debate watchers, who range in age from 17 to 76, thought Democrat Biden was the debate winner, but Greenlaw and Paul Salafia of Andover thought Republican Palin carried the night.

"Everything she has talked about has been straight from her and McCain's beliefs, not from what she thinks the people will want to hear," Greenlaw said of Palin.

"It is hard for me to see Biden as an honest guy," she said. "There were times where I found he was not sure what to say, and oftentimes did not answer the questions proposed."

Salafia, 61, gave Biden the edge on delivery and Palin the edge on substance, but he ranked them even in honesty and likeability. Nevertheless he thought Palin was the overall winner.

"Before the debate my expectation was that Senator Biden would be the clear winner, but Gov. Palin was more confident and knowledgeable than I expected and more clearly articulated the plans for a McCain/Palin administration," Salafia said.

"Neither candidate was deliberately dishonest and both have a high degree of believability," he said.

But still, the debate has not convinced him how to vote on Nov. 4.

"My hope is the next presidential candidate debates will yield enough information for me to make a decision," Salafia said.

There will be two more debates between the presidential candidates, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, the next on Tuesday.

Frank Novak, 56, of Haverhill thought Biden was the winner, but Novak is still undecided about how to vote on Nov. 4.

"When you get to the category of substance, Biden would be able to talk very specifically about issues and about figures," he said. "I don't think Sarah Palin did poorly. I just think Biden did better. She's still a force to be reckoned with. She wasn't a shrinking violet."

The youngest member of the panel, Nicole Cuerdon, 17, of Derry, N.H., will be old enough to vote on Nov. 4. She saw Biden as the winner.

"Palin did her homework so she at least knew what she was talking about. Unfortunately for her she was merely hanging on instead of being comfortable there as Biden appeared to be," Cuerdon said. "Biden's experience showed as he was able to answer the questions and make his point without jumping around from topic to topic to only talk about what he wanted to talk about as Palin seemed to do."