What Pew Research shared during Democratic Debate

Whether or not you watched the first Democratic Debate of this presidential election season, last night, you might be curious to know what the Pew Research Center tweeted in real time with the debate. If you're not, you should be.

That is to say, these are things they themselves know, supported with facts and figures and studies and, well...research, about issues brought up over the course of the evening.

Here are ten highlights, the most retweeted ones as of the time of this blog post, in chronological order:

79% of U.S. adults favor laws to prevent people with mental illness from purchasing guns http://t.co/JJspYUJTAj #DemDebate

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

Wealth inequality has widened along racial, ethnic lines since 2010 http://t.co/96we5PjosS #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/uOHzBfEzZo

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

The American public sees the nation’s tax system as deeply flawed http://t.co/5RJ5Gn31g7 #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/FQNfGUDmiY

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

Student debt burdens are weighing on the economic fortunes of younger Americans http://t.co/FxtRZ5zU3y #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/CM9ABdUNw2

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

66% of Americans say securing Social Security is a top priority http://t.co/GgUIRA8pks #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/WlbmHkqCqB

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

Most young Americans say Snowden has served the public interest http://t.co/tga14z17S2 #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/HhbwVeT0tB

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

Around the world, climate change seen as top threat http://t.co/0lfsQM5rE0 #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/9KxkfgQRQ5

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

Among 38 nations, U.S. is the outlier when it comes to paid parental leave http://t.co/tTMMEM2rdw #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/SpFnOvgBsV

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

Economy still top campaign issue for voters #DemDebate http://t.co/XxpIURatpv pic.twitter.com/bGMe7qkdaB

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

America's wealth gap between middle- & upper-income families widest on record http://t.co/5GrVl5NSXr #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/pwKBLik5uL

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 14, 2015

For the rest, you can just check out their Twitter Feed (sooner than later). While I appreciate the debate format, I know I personally need to ground myself in the contexts of the various topics being discussed so I don't get emotionally wrapped up in what can sometimes be a somewhat theatrical, if not dramatic display of our body politic.

So I thought I'd share. Curious to see what you think about any of this. Please leave a comment,

JR