After the first tangle on stage between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, a political consensus soon emerged among US mainstream media and observers that Clinton had clinched the victory for the first Democratic primary debate. Data compiled through Radian6 was captured only during live air, and data compiled through Crimson Hexagon was captured over both Tuesday and Wednesday.
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At the suggestion that she must be hoping Vice President Joe Biden doesn’t jump into the race, Clinton replied, “I’m not hoping anything”.
Former Sen. Jim Webb did not have a flattering debate and he’s blaming CNN. More than half of those surveyed had watched the debate. Viewers of the debate were able to take a look at the different democratic contenders as they showed the American people their different personalities, experiences, views, and approaches to the key issues that need to be addressed in the country.
While Clinton reached out to Sanders supporters in this week’s debate by saying that capitalism needs to be saved from itself periodically, she took a pass when asked “is there anything wrong with Democratic Socialism?” “To the contrary, the women in charge seem eager, more and more, to have her skate into the general [election]”, she said.
In a Suffolk University/Boston Globe post-debate poll, Politico reports Clinton now bags 37 percent of the vote to Sanders 35 and 11 percent for still formally unannounced potential candidate and current vice president Joe Biden.
The issue of healthcare made it into the top 10 most tweeted about issues, and this word cloud shows that healthcare transcends multiple policy areas. Messrs. Webb, Chafee, O’Malley and Sanders practically climbed all over each other trying to out-brownnose the rest.
Clinton began her town hall-style meeting at Keene State College by repeating her calls for gun sale restrictions.
Sanders reminded the audience that he passed $18 billion legislation so veterans could get health care when they needed.
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It will certainly be interesting to see in coming days if Sanders’ strong debate performance, or maybe even his new dance moves, will inch him closer to the former First Lady in national presidential polling. “Let’s talk about the real issues facing America”. By comparison, as of Thursday night, Sanders has still only been mentioned on Twitter twice by Bush and three times by Trump. Unfortunately for him, the next one isn’t until November 14 in Iowa, and there are only two more on the schedule before the caucuses and primaries begin.
