Which candidates increased their number of Twitter followers the most in the first 15-20 hours immediately after their debates?
Top 5:
1. Kamala Harris: +59,600
2. Julián Castro: +54,900
3. Pete Buttigieg: +40,200
4. Andrew Yang: +39,400 (!)
5. Marianne Williamson: +31,200
Bottom 5:
16. Beto O'Rourke: +2,400
17. Eric Swalwell: +2,100
18. Tim Ryan: +1,500
19. John Hickenlooper: +1,300
20. Michael Bennet: +1,100
Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-first-democratic-debate-in-five-charts/
It'd be amusing if someone had actually lost followers during that time period.
Yeah, that's pretty good for Yang though considering they barely let him speak at the thing.
