Bernie Sanders won the Republican debate, if you use Twitter as your metric. Hillary Clinton was right after him. In fact, the most popular candidate tweets about the GOP debate came from the two Democratic front-runners for president.
This won the evening for most popular tweet:
We already have the biggest military in the world, yet veterans sleep out on the streets. Will Republicans talk about this? #GOPDebate
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2015
Second:
Right now, Trump pays the same amount of money into Social Security as someone who makes $118,500 a year. #GOPDebate
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2015
Third:
For 35 years, Republicans have argued that more wealth at the top will trickle down—and twice, a Democrat has had to clean up the mess.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 11, 2015
Fourth:
These candidates don't seem to mind a "big government" when it's politicians interfering in women's personal health decisions. #GOPdebate
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 11, 2015
Political news editor at the Washington Post Rebecca Sinderbrand pointed out: “Twitter stats for tonight’s Republican debate, which featured Republicans competing for the Republican nomination”:
Twitter stats for tonight's Republican debate, which featured Republicans competing for the Republican nomination: pic.twitter.com/0kwC05qqEF
— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) November 11, 2015
Bernie Sanders came in first among all retweets about the debate, followed by the Daily Show and Bill Maher.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton won with the most popular tweets about a Republican debate.
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