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Showing Original Post only (View all)ABC News: How Bernie Sanders Got the Biggest Twitter Bump From the GOP Debate [View all]
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-biggest-twitter-bump-gop-debate/story?id=35802263
By MERIDITH MCGRAW Dec 16, 2015, 2:22 PM ET
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wasnt in Las Vegas for the Republican debate Tuesday night. He wasnt even mentioned once by any of the candidates on stage. But, by the end of the night, the U.S senator from Vermont managed to pick up the most Twitter followers of any of the 2016 presidential candidates.
How did he manage to do it?
It turns out that Sanders, who has a little over 1 million followers on Twitter -- almost double the population of the state of Vermont -- live tweeted the event using the hashtag #GOPDebate and gained 5,258 followers over course of CNNs GOP debate night coverage.
Twitters Government and Elections team keeps tabs on tweets, retweets, and followers during the debate and offered up the final numbers on their account, @gov.
FULL story at link.
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks about combating ISIS and democratic socialism at Georgetown University Nov. 19, 2015 in Washington.
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ABC News: How Bernie Sanders Got the Biggest Twitter Bump From the GOP Debate [View all]
Omaha Steve
Dec 2015
OP
It is a waste to hold a Democratic Party on the Saturday just one week before
JDPriestly
Dec 2015
#34
I have other plans. I will record the debate and watch it at my convenience.
Enthusiast
Dec 2015
#38
Doesn't anybody watch debates afterwards on the many sources that make them available?
Nitram
Dec 2015
#43
i believe that Iowa takes its responsibility seriously as being the first Primary. The witless DNC
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#46
Thanks for the insight. Reminds me of the old Fred Astaire saying...going to have to do a gender
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#49
Hadn't thought of that one in a long time ... all of Dr. Seuss' books were written to appeal,
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#52
I support Bernie but I also admire Martin O'Malley - I believe he has been denied coverage as well
Samantha
Dec 2015
#72
If the DNC wanted people to watch the debate they wouldn't have scheduled it on a Saturday.
cui bono
Dec 2015
#24
As one of the "old folks" I will like any and all liberal "heroes" that I want to.
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#42
ABC can't bring themselves to use the "B" word in the title of the article..... B E R N I E !
Ferd Berfel
Dec 2015
#18
Delegates can & will change their allegiance to follow the voters. Bernie has generate huge
peacebird
Dec 2015
#51
And when Hillary loses Iowa & NH then Super Tuesday becomes a whole lot hardr for her
peacebird
Dec 2015
#69