Well, I have won 10 of 12 in a Democrat stronghold so it does matter. He reached the people he wanted to reach with detailed answers. He loses that and he loses the race.
We all know Hillary had the questions in advance and her scripted answers made her look like the consciousless robot she is. That fact helped Trump in a huge way and prevented the fallout that would have hammered any other candidate that showed up to a debate as unprepared as Trump was.
Trump missed so many baked potatoes in the center of the plate that he could play DH for the Twins. He'd better be prepared to pound her on those lost opportunities next time. Yeah, it's going to be 2 against 1 every time, but he missed golden opportunities and was far too inarticulate for anyone to believe he really spent much time preparing for the most watched debate in history. Opportunity lost.