Nov 2, 2020The Google Election: Biden Surging Late in Pennsylvania and OhioIn the last 24 hours, the relative Google search interest in Joe Biden has surged in Pennsylvania and Ohio, far outpacing late interest in President Trump. Across eleven battleground states, Joe Biden has led President Trump consistently in Google Trends search traffic in the final week before Election Day. When…Joe Biden2 min readJoe Biden2 min read
Sep 7, 2020In College Towns Covid-19 Cases Surge, But Symptoms and Deaths Have Not (Yet) AppearedCommunities around the nation are learning a new rule for the fall semester: when college students return to campus, Covid-19 cases surge. The case increases in counties where students have returned to campus are highly concerning but not yet driving increased deaths or symptoms based on a review of press…College3 min readCollege3 min read
Jul 30, 2020New Study: Anti-Climate Change Voices Got 2x More Press CoverageArguments against taking action on climate change were far more likely to get coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal or USA Today based on new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Rachel Wetts, the paper’s author and an assistant professor at Brown…Climate Change2 min readClimate Change2 min read
Mar 24, 2019The Google Primary: Behind Opposition Lines With Bernie Sanders and Kamala HarrisPete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang Continue to Impress, While Joe Biden Looms Large — Nationally, Google Search interest in the 2020 Democratic candidates remained mostly similar to last week, while the candidates begin grappling with a changed primary calendar and a growing field of candidates. Beto: A Diminishing Lead Remains Over the last 7 days, O’Rourke had substantially more interest than the field —…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Mar 17, 2019The Google Primary-A New Top Five, Beto Mania and Showers, Growers and SustainersSurprising nobody who reads the news, over the last week, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s campaign announcement drove intense Google search interest. That said, Beto’s announcement was not the only big shake-up this week in the Top 5 candidates in the Google Primary: two candidates you may not have even…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Mar 10, 2019The Google Primary in Iowa: Sanders Surging, While Biden and Sanders Top Des Moines Register/CNN PollWhether you look at the last 12 months or the last 7 days, Senator Bernie Sanders is drawing more search interest in Iowa than the other top 3 announced Democratic presidential primary contenders. However, when you zero-in on the last 90 days of data, there is much greater party between…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Mar 4, 2019The Google Primary: Sanders Broke Through Trump Interest Level Twice in the Past WeekA couple weeks ago, I looked at search interest in each Democrat’s announcement as compared to the same day’s interest in Donald Trump. This morning, I pulled the last seven days of data and again used interest in Trump as a baseline, comparing it to interest in Sanders, Harris, Warren…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Mar 2, 2019The Google Primary-Sanders Pulls Away, Plus is Biden & Beto Fever Next?Over the last seven days, Senator Bernie Sanders drove more Google search interest than his competitors for the Democratic nomination for President. Sanders’ competitors in the Top 5 group of announced candidates are Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker along with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. …Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Feb 22, 2019The Google Primary, Part 4: Interest in Early Frontrunners Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders Is Correlated to State-by-State DiversityThis is the 4th post in a series of analyses of Google Trends data from the early part of the 2020 Democratic primary campaign. Find previous pieces here: Part 1 Part 2 and Part 3. Looking at Google Trends from the last month alongside U.S. Census estimates on percentage of…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Feb 21, 2019Google Trends 2020 Primary, Part 3: Five Democratic Candidates, Including both Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, Broke Trump Interest Levels in Their AnnouncementsThis is my third look at Google Trends data from the early part of the 2020 Democratic primary campaign. Check out my profile to see more! The historic high levels of Google Search interest in President Donald Trump is remarkable — and quite honestly scary. Trump’s Spectacle As seen below…Bernie Sanders4 min readBernie Sanders4 min read
