In the most-engaged political event on Yik Yak to date, 12.5% of all yaks posted during the debate were about the showdown on Fox.
No surprise: Trump was the most talked-about candidate, but on a day when Mitt Romney called for voters to side with “anyone but Trump,” new power rankings emerged among millennials on Yik Yak. For the first time, Kasich took second place in mentions (16.4%), with Rubio and Cruz in a dead tie for third.
Read MoreLast night was CNN’s Republican debate – the last one before voters hit the polls on Super Tuesday. Yakkers were particularly engaged with this one – 8.5% of all yaks posted during this time were about the debate, making it the most highly-engaged political event on Yik Yak to date!
Read MoreAnd then there were two. After a big night in Iowa this week, Yakkers dove back into Election 2016 last night for the MSNBC Democratic debate featuring the final Dem hopefuls, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
Read MoreAnd just like that, last night marked the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucus on Monday. But the most-talked about candidate wasn’t even in attendance! There’s been a lot of media this week around The Donald. How did Trump’s decision to sit out of last night’s debate impact what Yakkers think of him and the other candidates?
Read MoreThere’s nothing like a Sunday night during a three-day weekend to draw people in for the first Democratic debate of the year… j/k. Despite the suspiciously odd timing of the debate (again), Yik Yak was as active as ever: over 7.5% of all yaks during the debate were about the Democratic showdown. So how did the candidates stack up according to Yakkers?
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