Hillary Clinton, foreign policy driving talk on Twitter ahead of debate
Hillary Clinton and foreign policy issues have been driving the conversation on Twitter ahead of the second Democratic debate, hosted by CBS News Saturday night in Iowa.
Since the Paris terrorist attacks unfolded Friday, Twitter's head of news, government and elections told CBS' Major Garrett that the discussion on the social media platform has shifted drastically.
"The conversation in this campaign has gone through a fundamental sea change," Adam Sharp said on CBSN.
According to Twitter's data, 41 percent of the conversation related to the Democratic debate is focused on foreign policy and 33 percent is connected to national security.
"Between them, three quarters of all Tweets about this campaign right now are about these two issues -- driven almost entirely by the attacks in Paris yesterday," Sharp said.
Ahead of the debate, Clinton has also been receiving heavy traffic on Twitter, driving 60 percent of the conversation about the debate. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, is driving 37 percent of the conversation 37 percent and former Maryland Martin O'Malley is driving 3 percent of the conversation about the debate.
On Google trends, Clinton has been the most searched candidate leading up to Saturday's debate, and the most searched issues on Google regarding Clinton have been gun control, immigration, abortion, education and marijuana.
The highest trending question about Clinton was "What did Hillary Clinton say today?"
For Sanders, the highest trending question was "Who played Bernie Sanders on SNL?" And the most searched issues regarding the Vermont independent have been marijuana, immigration, gun control, Israel and abortion.
The highest trending question for O'Malley was "What office does Martin O'Malley hold?"
