Tonight, the presidential candidates came together for the last of the debates to discuss foreign policy. And while it was a busy evening with several events competing for viewers’ attention, the political conversation on Twitter remained strong with 6.5 million Tweets sent about the 90-minute debate this evening.
Specific moments generating the greatest volume of conversation throughout the night were:
Now take a look at percentage of debate conversation broken out by topic:
As usual, influencers from both sides of the aisle were able to join the conversation on Twitter:
I think POTUS just sank Romney’s battleship
— John Kerry ( @JohnKerry) October 23, 2012
I think I can see why the American people are focused on the economy.
— Ari Fleischer ( @AriFleischer) October 23, 2012
And as we’ve seen throughout the big events during this election, parody accounts appeared almost instantly, capturing the debate zeitgeist in real-time:
Was that Joe Biden laughing #debate #BocaDebate
— Horses and Bayonets ( @Horsesbayonette) October 23, 2012
Thus concludes this election’s presidential debates. Keep following @gov as we’ll have a lot more to share heading into election day.
Posted by Adam Sharp (@AdamS)
Head of Government, News & Social Innovation