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What Went Down On Night Two Of The First Democratic Debates
Some candidates (cough … Gabbard … cough) will use a spike in google searches as a measure of “winning.” And we in the media like to pass around Google searches on debate nights — it’s hard data, after all!
But we typically see spikes for candidates who aren’t well known. Who hasn’t used google to answer “who is ____?” Just take a look at the early Google search spikes so far:
Americans are trying to figure out who Swalwell is
Spikes in google searches for candidate’s in the Democratic debate tonight
| Candidate | Spike in searches | |
|---|---|---|
| @ericswalwell | +3,400% | |
| @SenGillibrand | 3,100 | |
| @marwilliamson | 2,800 | |
| @hickenlooper | 2,100 | |
| @AndrewYang | 1,000 | |
| @KamalaHarris | 900 | |
| @PeteButtigieg | 900 | |
| @joebiden | 850 | |
| @SenatorBennet | 400 | |
| @SenSanders | 350 |
Obama’s name has been mentioned 10 times already compared to just four times all of last night. Biden served as his vice president, so that’s obviously playing a part.