ON OCTOBER 28th, the ten leading Republican presidential candidates will gather for their third primary debate in Boulder, Colorado. While current front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson will probably garner much of the attention, it is Carly Fiorina, one of the best debaters of the candidates, who has the most to gain.
Ms. Fiorina, a former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has polled in the single digits for most of the campaign. But after strong performances in each of the last two debates, her popularity spiked. Data from Google Trends show that during the weeks of the first and second debate, search interest in Ms. Fiorina increased 20- and 50-fold, respectively (see chart).
Ms. Fiorina’s debating skills have also attracted the attention of Republican donors. In the two weeks following the first Republican debate in Cleveland, Ohio, Ms Fiorina saw her itemised campaign contributions—those over $200—grow from $1.2 million to $2.2 million, a...Continue reading
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