{"id":754,"date":"2020-10-28T20:07:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1325932"},"modified":"2020-10-28T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:07:57","slug":"google-data-shows-how-different-2020-is-from-other-us-election-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Google data shows how different 2020 is from other US election years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The political interests of Americans have shifted dramatically in this election year, according to a new analysis of internet searches.<\/p>\n

The Waves of Interest<\/a> project tracked Google Search Trends across the previous five election cycles to investigate how public concerns have changed.<\/p>\n

The data shows a surge in interest in the election process. The top rising search term at present is \u201celectoral fraud,\u201d with a 366% increase in interest at the time of writing, followed by \u201cpostal voting,\u201d \u201copinion poll,\u201d \u201cfact check,\u201d \u201cvoting,\u201d and \u201celection.\u201d<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has also inevitably had a major impact on the public\u2019s political focuses, highlighted by increases in search terms including \u201cvaccine,\u201d \u201csick leave,\u201d and \u201cunemployment.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Read: What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election<\/a>]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In contrast, classic political issues such as foreign policy and education appear to have lost importance for many Americans, while topic peaks in 2020 have been unusually short-lived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was basically a new hugely spiking topic every month,\u201d wrote project lead Moritz Stefaner.<\/p>\n

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But, it’s also been really interesting to also “time-travel” back to 2012 when national debt, student loans, legality of cannabis or same-sex marriage were among the most searched topics. pic.twitter.com\/MgghNXyjRK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Moritz Stefaner (@moritz_stefaner) October 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The collaboration between Google News initiative and data visualization firm explores 69 topics covering the most searched political concepts in the US, subjects from Pew Research Center\u2019s election surveys, and a few manual additions on emerging 2020 issues.<\/p>\n

The search data is depicted on charts showing how interest has progressed through recent election cycles. The website also shows the top rising terms, the full collection of topics, and the variations in search behavior in different states over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can explore the data yourself at the Waves of Interest website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Published October 28, 2020 \u2014 20:07 UTC <\/p>\n

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