Who Won the GOP Debate in New Hampshire and Iowa? Sanders

[Ichingcarpenter]

The main goal of Republicans who debated tonight was, presumably, to generate interest in their candidacies. And not just to generate interest — but to generate it in the early states in particular.

So, according to google trends, what were people searching for during the Republican debate tonight? The charts below compare search interest in 4 candidates: Sanders (blue), Clinton (red), Trump (yellow), and Cruz (green). On the very right of the graph, where you can see the blue, green, and yellow lines shooting up, is the time during the debate. The rest of the chart shows search interest over the past week.

So who won the debate in the early states, as measured by online search interest?

In New Hampshire:

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Looks like Bernie won the GOP debate in New Hampshire.

In Iowa:

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In Iowa, we can see that although Bernie is not as clearly dominant in the search interest as in New Hampshire, but he’s right up there with Cruz and Trump. That’s without actually being in the debate.

If a Democratic candidate can get so much attention in the early states in the middle of a Republican debate, just think what could happen if we, you know, had some Democratic debates!

Nationally..............

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/15/1470148/-Who-Won-the-GOP-Debate-in-New-Hampshire-and-Iowa-It-Wasn-t-a-Republican

[Proserpina]

1. Dream on about those Democratic debates!

We'll do it the hard way, which means it can never be undone!

[ladyVet]

2. Which is why there won't be any. Or, not as they should be having them.

just think what could happen if we, you know, had some Democratic debates!

DWS couldn't risk Hillary coming off worse than she already is. It would tarnish the image of the Anointed One.

[libdem4life]

3. Be interesting to hear about any surge in contributions such as happened

with the Clinton Family Fiasco ... in the next few days.