#GOPDebate No. 2: Which Candidates Scored Socially?

Who “won” the Republican presidential candidates’ debate Wednesday night, from a social standpoint? It depends whose data you use.

Who “won” the Republican presidential candidates’ debate Wednesday night, from a social standpoint? It depends whose data you use.

Take the case of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina: According to an analysis of Twitter conversations by social intelligence company Brandwatch, Fiorina had the second-most mentions Wednesday night, at more than 37,000, trailing only former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at more than 39,000.

Yet, Fiorina barely registered a blip in an analysis of social voice and mentions by social media monitoring and analysis platform Synthesio, with its data heavily favoring Donald Trump.

According to Synthesio, the top five candidates generating the most buzz, complete with their sentiment breakdown, were:

  1. Trump, 31.8
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