Before the debate, the focus group was split evenly, 17-17:
xOur @pbsdebate focus group has 34 undecided voters. When asked who will the debate - 17 say @HillaryClinton , and 17 say @BernieSanders.
— Chris Kofinis (@ChrisKofinis) February 12, 2016After the debate, it was another story:
xNevada focus group of #PBSdebate says @BernieSanders won tonight's debate by a 25 to 9 margin.
— Chris Kofinis (@ChrisKofinis) February 12, 2016Well, I guess we know how that went over.
Sanders also dominated search interest on google trends during the debate:
Nationally:
Same story in Nevada:
And in South Carolina:
In other news, Sanders is apparently picking up support across demographics in internal polling:
There could already be good signs for Bernie Sanders moving forward. Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, said their internal polling shows that Sanders is starting to win over voters of all backgrounds, especially younger, non-white voters.
“Younger voters are clearly the strongest group for Senator Sanders, and this is sort of reminiscent of the Obama campaign — where younger voters were the president’s strongest bloc as well — across racial lines,” Weaver said, via the Washington Post.