Salon's Colin McEnroe wrote: This was Bernie Sanders' night: The candidate of anger and honesty won the Democratic debate.
Forbes said Bernie Sanders Clearly Won The Democratic Debate -- On Twitter.
On social media, where Sanders' grassroots revolution began, there were more Google searches for Sanders than for any other candidate."
In other news, both the HuffPo and the NY Times thought that Hillary won.
The Sanders campaign also reported that he was the most retweeted candidate of the night, according to Twitter, saying, "He gained more followers on Twitter than any other candidate and Twitter said people talked about Sanders more than any other candidate online."
The campaign noted that Facebook credited Sanders with the "biggest social moment" of the debate, and Twitter agreed, noting, "Both said online interest peaked when Sanders said relentless news media focus on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails were a distraction from more important issues. 'What the Secretary said is right. And that is the American people are tired of hearing about your damn emails,' Sanders said. Instead, he added, this campaign should be about the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in our country, the unprecedented planetary emergency of our changing climate, and our need to invest in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration.
The Sanders campaign reported that they had their website's biggest day so far.
Over 4,000 debate-watch "house" parties were attended by more than 100,000 Sanders supporters in homes, union halls, bars and college campuses from coast to coast. I was one of them, and it was an exciting evening, and refreshing to watch actual grownups on the stage. In a post-debate interview, Bernie referred to the Republican debates as "food-fights," a stunningly hilarious characterization if it wasn't so tragic.
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