What Google Searches Tells Us About the US Election


Google Politics & Elections originally shared this post:
One Nation, Many Issues

During presidential election years the media narrative tends to focus on a handful of key swing states.

Here on the +Google Politics & Elections team, we wanted to take a step back and examine the nation as a whole.


We took seven hot-button political issues and mapped how their+Google search interest varied by state.

Take a look! 


+Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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