New Facebook likes within 24 hours of the debate - Round II

[Crumpets]

After the last debate, new Facebook likes in the subsequent 24 hours were a very good indicator of poll movement. So, if you're curious, I wrote down the numbers for all the candidates before the debate and again this evening, and here's what I found

In terms of raw numbers:

1. Carson 302,710 new likes - best day for any campaign all season
2. Fiorina 59,452
3. Trump 25,189
4. Rubio 18,131
5. Clinton 14,308
6. Sanders 13,262
7. Bush 10,903
8. Cruz 8,065
9. Huckabee 2,383
10. Kasich 2,035
11. Paul 1,654
12. Christie 1,352
13. Walker 1,276
14. Jindal 1,097
15. Graham 786
16. Santorum 237
17. Pataki 165
18. O'Malley 91
19. Webb 73
20. Chafee 35
21. Lessig 28
22. Gilmore 13

In terms of percent increase:

1. Fiorina +16.8%
2. Carson +9.8%
3. Bush +4.2%
4. Rubio +1.8%
5. Kasich +1.4%
6. Clinton +1.1%
7. Pataki +0.9%
8. Christie +0.7%
9. Trump +0.7%
10. Sanders +0.7%
11. Graham +0.6%
12. Lessig +0.6%
13. Cruz +0.6%
14. Jindal +0.4%
15. Chafee +0.4%
16. Walker +0.3%
17. Webb +0.2%
18. Gilmore +0.2
19. Huckabee +0.1%
20. O'Malley +0.1%
21. Santorum +0.1%
22. Paul +0.1%

[Crumpets]

How many are legit? It's an open secret that Hillary is paying for Facebook likes. Sanders is not.

Source?

I mean, if she is, she's doing a lousy job. She's nowhere near in the lead in terms of likes, as Newt Gingrich was when he was buying Twitter followers.

[Crumpets]

How many are legit? It's an open secret that Hillary is paying for Facebook likes. Sanders is not.

Source?

I mean, if she is, she's doing a lousy job. She's nowhere near in the lead in terms of likes, as Newt Gingrich was when he was buying Twitter followers.

Really? It could have something to do with the 112 countries she visited as SoS, or being one of the most respected women in the world. I don't see anything about likes being bought in that chart. If that were the case, they would likely come overwhelmingly from a single country (probably India), but this seems much more population-based.

So, according to you, Clinton bought her likes mostly from abroad, but not from any country in particular only to become the second-most-liked Democrat running?

I ask again, do you have any evidence that she bought likes? For reference, here's what such evidence might look like: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/did-newt-gingrich-buy-his-twitter-followers/242944/

[Crumpets]

How many are legit? It's an open secret that Hillary is paying for Facebook likes. Sanders is not.

Source?

I mean, if she is, she's doing a lousy job. She's nowhere near in the lead in terms of likes, as Newt Gingrich was when he was buying Twitter followers.

Foreigners "like" Hillary Clinton because she's a prominent Democratic politician.

Basically yeah.

So if Bernie got more new likes but Hillary got a percent increase, does that mean Bernie is ahead in overall likes?

Yep, Bernie's at just over 2 million and Hillary's at 1.3 million.