Who won vice presidential debates Thursday night?

Even though the general consensus is that incumbent democractic, Vice President, Joe Biden, won Thursday’s vice presidential debate, reports still exist that republican vice president nominee, Paul Ryan, won, shows Crimson Hexagon Inc. in a variety of graphics imported below.

The conflict comes from different analyses. Two of those report analyses are used for this story. NBC Politics used ForSight that was developed by Crimson Hexagon Inc. ForSight is a data platform that is not the same as traditional survey.

M. Alex Johnson explains that, “NBC Politics analyzed 517,000 posts using a tool called ForSight, a data platform developed by Crimson Hexagon Inc., which many research and business organization have adopted to gauge public opinion in new media.” He continues, “It isn’t the same as a traditional survey, which seeks to reflect national opinion; instead, it’s a broad, non-predictive snapshot of what’s being said by Americans who follow politics and are active on Facebook, Twitter or both at a particular moment in time and why they’re saying it.”

On the other hand, Jana Kasperkevic of Hearst Washington Bureau, writes on her politics blog, that Ryan definitely won the debate according to a Twitter analysis.

Kasperkevic states that there could be a draw or a victory for both candidates of that debate, depending on which pundit one prefers. However, she states that according to social media, there is only one winner and that is Ryan.

During the debate, the candidates were judged on several issues, such as foreign policy, economic status, abortion, healthcare reform, among others. They were also judged on their styles and the substance to their arguments. Each won in different areas.

However, incumbent Vice President Biden, demeanor throughout the debate was a bit different from candidate Ryan’s because he laughed, smiled and smirked. Some people especially, the republicans subtracted points from Biden’s performance based on this style.

Biden’s opponent, Ryan, was not transparent enough on his plans to about foreign policy, healthcare and even abortion. Even though Twitter claimed he was more popular on its platform, Ryan seemed to lack popularity with his replies, as they lacked substance, according to general consensus.