Map: Where the 2016 candidates are being Googled

[applegrove]

Map: Where the 2016 candidates are being Googled



http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/06/politics/google-trends-2016-presdidential-race/


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The map shows Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton has been the most Googled candidate over the last six months, even in most parts of the battleground state Florida, which is home to both Republican candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.

Los Angeles and Las Vegas are searching Donald Trump the most, while interest in expected presidential hopeful Scott Walker is limited to his home state of Wisconsin. Google search for Bernie Sanders is also limited to his home state of Vermont, peaking in the Burlington area. This is also the case for Republican candidate Bobby Jindal, who is searched most in the capitol region of his home state, Louisiana.

Colorado is mostly searching Hillary Clinton, with a tiny sliver of the state in Grand Junction and Montrose, Colorado searching about Bush.

It's tough to tell so early on what any of this might mean, and there's no telling what this map will look like six months from now. Ultimately, the map shows the two candidates garnering national interest in diverse areas across the U.S., Clinton and Jeb Bush.



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[TheNutcracker]

1. This smells like

[SunSeeker]

2. Interesting. nt

[yallerdawg]

3. 6 months until primaries!

Not as much time, but, you know...

[gollygee]

4. Does googling someone mean you like them?

I just googled "David Frum" because I never heard of him and wondered who he was. And I googled "Donald Trump" the other day because he said something bizarre (as usual) and I wanted to read it all.

[arcane1]

6. And, of course, there is Googling "Santorum"

[arcane1]

5. The ones they talk about on TV the most, basically.

Just wait until that Super-PAC money starts flowing!

[yallerdawg]

8. Yes, that Super-PAC money!

That ought to knock Bush/Clinton back!

[PowerToThePeople]

7. Most data from prior to Sanders announcement.

[blue neen]

9. I was wondering where you got that information.

I didn't see it listed anywhere...it just said the last six months.

[PowerToThePeople]

10. Follow the link in OP

6 months prior to 7/4/15. Sanders announced May 26, so for five of the six months of data he was not even a candidate.

[blue neen]

14. People were discussing Bernie's candidacy long before May 26,

particularly on sites such as this one, Daily Kos, and Huffington Post.

Many of the other people listed also were not candidates for most of that six months, so the map really is kind of a bogus parameter at this point. It will be much more interesting to see what it shows in another 6 months, IMHO.

[PowerToThePeople]

15. I agree, six months from now would be a better view. n/t

[yallerdawg]

11. Yeah, and why are they counting Canadians?

Are they interested in our presidential politics?

[PowerToThePeople]

12. We have some on DU, why not ask them? n/t

[blue neen]

13. Well, I think they are interested, but where does it say they are counting Canadians?

It doesn't look like any parts of their map are included.

[yallerdawg]

16. My mistake!

Those were some big lakes, not Bernie googles.

Color code was confusing!

[Marr]

17. Very interesting-- as mentioned up thread, it will be more interesting to see how this data

breaks down when it covers an span of time when Sanders was officially in the race.

The period covered here could just as well reflect lots of Republicans looking for Benghazi gossip as any sort of campaign buzz.

[yallerdawg]

18. Just in case a tinge of angst...

something to buck you up!