Google says search results for Castro have increased 2400%.

[Claritie Pixie]

He seems to have made the biggest impact on the net.

[MontanaMama]

1. He was impressive

imho. I enjoyed listening to him.

[Claritie Pixie]

4. He knows his stuff and speaking style reminds me of Obama.

[mcar]

2. He did very well

I like him.

[customerserviceguy]

3. He had nowhere to go but up.

I've been surprised that he didn't jump to 5-10% soon after he announced. Looks like this may be the break he's been looking for.

[liskddksil]

5. A general election disaster in waiting

his open-borders talk plays right into Trump's hands.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I enjoyed listening to him too.

Google has more hits on him because we don't know that much about him!

And that's a great place to search for facts.

[nolabear]

7. Not surprised. He did well!

[BannonsLiver]

8. From what, Zero?

Nice guy good cabinet official but he had nowhere to go but up.

[RockRaven]

9. It's easier to get larger increases in percentage terms when you are starting near zero...

That's no knock on Castro, just a comment on interpreting percent-based factoids.

I assume there were other people there who also started from a similar baseline who did not have the same effect. Good for him.

That said, a sitting US Senator like Warren or Booker probably starts the evening with a much higher search frequency in absolute terms, making a 4-digit percent increase in searches much more difficult to attain.

[herding cats]

10. I'm not unhappy!

He's an amazing person. I'm thrilled he got some recognition!

Off to google him just to help. 🤣

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. I saw him speak in San Antonio a few years ago. He's good. Very engaging.

[proud patriot]

12. he was very impressive

I like him a lot ..

[barbtries]

13. i was very impressed with him,

probably more than any other candidate tonight.
Inslee and Booker as well, and Warren was as good as expected.

But yeah, I think all 3 of them might reasonably expect a bump in their numbers after this debate.

[onecaliberal]

14. He was very impressive.

[LeftInTX]

15. He did very well

Unfortunately, over the past several months, he has been really playing to the base, which will come back to bite him in the general.

I think he's been really playing to the base because his poll numbers were so low.

He was very composed on the debate stage and was concise.

[Rstrstx]

16. Didn't care for his hit job on Beto

I think he views him as a long term adversary beyond 2020 (think Governor in '22 or Senate in '24). The last thing the Texas Democratic party needs is a wedge right now when it's showing signs of life again.

[dalton99a]

17. +1. Castro is like Gillibrand

Opportunistic with a mean backstabbing streak. He is insanely jealous of Beto - especially of Beto's popularity among Hispanics. There is a reason for his limited appeal in Texas.