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Rising Google Search Popularity of “obama socialist” and “obama new party”

Thursday, October 9, 2008

It seems that the subject of Barack Obama’s radical political alliances is getting hotter in the search zeitgeist. Today I was reading a rumor that Obama was a member of a radical political party called the “New Party”. Here’s the damaging text, from a 1996 archived newsletter on the Chicago Democratic Socialists of [...]

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Back to Basics: Google Searches for “Palin” vs. “McCain” vs. “Obama”

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Here is a chart showing Google searches for “palin” over the last 30 days, compared with “mccain” and “obama”. As you can see, searches for Ms. Palin rose dramatically after the announcement of the VP choice, but have fallen off since then, although she is still (as of 9/15) roughly twice as high as [...]

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Google Searches for “obama economy” and “mccain economy” are up

Monday, September 15, 2008

Since mid-July, there has been a significant upturn in the number of searches for both “obama economy” and “mccain economy:”
These searches reflect the obvious and growing questions about how the candidates would handle some very hairy situations in our banking and financial system today. Let’s see what the top results are on Google for [...]

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Today’s Google Search Trends: Lipstick and Other Diversions

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Today in the New York Times, Barack Obama is quoted as saying:
“We have real problems in this country right now and the American people are looking to us for answers, not distractions, no diversions, not manipulations.”
Ohhh, Mr. Obama, I beg to differ. The American people seem to have a bottomless appetite for distraction [...]

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Fluff vs. Issues: Searches for “sarah palin glasses” vs. “obama acorn”

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Today I’m comparing two political searches: one ultra-fluffy and the other rather serious. Here are Google search trends for “obama acorn” and “sarah palin glasses”:
On the “issues” side, people are looking for more information on Barack Obama and ACORN. Some news outlets are raising questions about Obama’s connection to the organization. Perform [...]

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