Which of the following was a significant result of the lincoln-douglas debates

Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be that they were "inconclusive," since no side was seen as truly "winning," although the debates doubtlessly drew a greater deal of attention to the issue of slavery in the US. 

A. democrat, republican, whig, other.(the democratic and republican parties are the main 2 american political parties, the whig party was popular among the early presidents, and the “other” option allows for outliers)