Trump and Clinton’s second showdown becomes most tweeted Presidential debate ever
More than 17 million debate-related posts were sent during the meeting in St Louis
TWITTER said that last night's debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was the most tweeted ever, with more than 17 million debate-related posts sent.
The Donald dominated conversation on Twitter, with 64% of posts about the debate mentioning the maverick billionaire.
His revelation that he disagreed with his running mate Mike Pence on foreign policy relating to Syria was one of the top tweeted moments of the debate.
Hillary notched up 25,000 new followers during the showdown while The Donald ratcheted up another 16,000.
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The top tweet during the debate, which was retweeted more than 50,000 times during the debate was by Moustafa Bayoumi, who wrote: "I'm a Muslim, and I would like to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage in Missouri. #debate"
There were more tweets about Mr Trump's treatment of women than tweets regarding any area of policy.
The most tweeted-about policies during the debate were - in order - terrorism, foreign affairs, the economy, healthcare and guns.
Sunday was also the most tweeted day of the election with almost 30 million tweets about the November 8 showdown.
The pair have one more debate to go before Election Day which will take place in Las Vegas at the University of Nevada.
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