He may be the most unlikely presidential candidate out there — but Republican and former Governor Jim Gilmore is actually winning something.
For the second time since the GOP primary debates started, Gilmore qualified for the undercard debate.
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On January 28, the night of the debate, Philip Bump for the Washington Post wrote “We just lived through the greatest 45 minutes of Jim Gilmore’s life.” For one, Gilmore was actually trending on Twitter. Then, people actually looked him up on Google. “He was having a Gilmoment,” wrote Bump.
But those weren’t the only moments of awesome Gilmore was having. Brandwatch React is monitoring sentiments expressed about candidates. Of the Republican candidates still in the race, Gilmore has the highest positivity rating. Of the “sentiments of online mentions,” 62.1 percent have been positive, compared to just 37.9 percent negative.
Brandwatch React also tweeted out positive sentiments from the last 24 hours. Gilmore came in with 84.2 percent positivity compared to just 15.8 percent negativity.
#GOP: In terms of social opinion @gov_gilmore is on top but @ChrisChristie trails the pack https://t.co/DIURtWNLrN pic.twitter.com/rGeyS4Mg4k
— Brandwatch React (@BW_React) February 1, 2016
Now, when it comes to talked about candidates, Gilmore barely makes the chart. That is unfortunate, but also not surprising, especially when his color is an obscure vomit green. Trump, naturally, dominates the conversation. While orange would perhaps be a more fitting color, the light shade of regal purple is at least more easy going on the eyes.
Interestingly, the most obscure candidate for the Democrats, Martin O’Malley, also has the most positive sentiments expressed about him, at 60.1 percent positivity, and 39.9 percent negativity. He just barely beats out Bernie Sanders though, who has 59.9 percent positivity.
If only such scoring played a role in the primaries. Wouldn’t that be a dream come true for Gilmore and O’Malley?
