Google Most Searched Democratic Candidates, Topics From Wednesday Debate

Google Most Searched Democratic Candidates, Topics From Wednesday Debate

by  @lauriesullivan, (August 01, 2019)

Google Most Searched Democratic Candidates, Topics From Wednesday Debate | DeviceDaily.com

Presidential hopeful and former U.S. VP Joe Biden could land on the Democratic ticket to run against U.S. Republican President Donald Trump in 2020 if Google can accurately predict the next front runner, based on search volume prior to the debate.

If considering the searches on Google during the debate, the search volume could indicate another outcome.

Prior to the debate Wednesday night, Biden took top search interest in about 39 states. Kamala Harris took Alabama, California and Kansas. Cory Booker took Wyoming. Tulsi Gabbard took Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa and South Carolina. During the debate, Gabbard took all states.

“Who is winning the debate tonight?” was the top trending question asked about the Democratic debate on Wednesday night in Google’s search engine. In fact, this question spiked at 2,200%, according to Google Trends.

Since the start of the debates, among the top five in terms of interest growth, searches for Booker spiked more than 2,950%; Bennet, 2,800%; Gillibrand, 2,350%; Inslee, 1,950%; and de Blasio, 1,950%.

Gabbard became the front runner in terms of search volume on Google during the debate. Harris followed. Booker came in at No. 3, Biden No. 4, Andrew Yang No. 5, Kirsten Gillibrand No. 6, Jay Inslee No. 7, Bill de Blasio No. 8, Julian Castro No. 9, and Michael Bennet No. 10.

While the search interest in Democratic candidates Booker and Harris skyrocketed by 8:23 p.m. and 2:26 p.m., interest in Bennet sank. Interest in Gabbard, Yang, and Castro also fell, according to Google’s visualization tool.

In the first 20 minutes of the debate, people wanted to know the height of the candidates. People search for “How tall is … ?”  De Blasio, Booker, Biden, Castro, and Inslee took the top five searches for this question.

This past week, the top searched issue tied with Bennet, Bidden, Harris and Yang was healthcare. People searching for Castro wanted to know about immigration. Inslee spiked searches in climate change. Those searching for information about Gabbard wanted to know her position on gun control. Searches for Gillibrand were tied mostly to Social Security. Searches for Booker were tied mostly to racism. For de Blasio the searches were tied to homelessness.

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