Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney squared off in the first presidential debate Wednesday night.
The debate focused on economic issues and the comments by the two candidates ignited a large outpouring of responses from people via social media.
After the debate, Twitter's dedicated government and politics account tweeted, "Tonight's debate was the most tweeted about event in US political history, topping the numbers from the RNC and DNC."
Here are some social media comments:
