Google Trends: President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden Searches Climb as Presidential Election Nears, Covid-19 and Unemployment Searches Continue to Rise
President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden Searches Climb as Presidential Election Nears
The United States Presidential Elections are up and coming and as November 3rd nears, more and more people head to Google to research each presidential candidate.
President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden have been competing to become the next president of the United States. According to an analysis of Google search data, searches for both of their names have been on a rise since October of 2019. The American people want to make sure they are making the right choice when casting their ballot. According to the data, people begin researching both candidates as early as a year before the elections.
It is crucial now for each individual who is eligible to vote, to inform themselves of each candidate’s policies in order to cast their vote accordingly. It is also important to note that after the first presidential debate held on September 29, 2020, there was a spike in searches for each candidate. During the debate, people get to know more about each politician which then sparks a trend in people further researching each candidate.
Based on the data, it is only expected for another spike in searches to occur this upcoming presidential debate.
Covid-19 and Unemployment Searches Continue to Rise
As the Coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowing down, according to an analysis of Google search data, neither do the searches for unemployment.
Covid-19 has placed everyone in the world in such unprecedented times. As it has wreaked havoc across the world be it mentally or physically, it is without a doubt it has affected everyone in one way or another. Unfortunately, for many it has called for unemployment.
As the chart above shows, pre-covid era, there was a fairly low amount of searches for unemployment by users. However, as soon as covid began rapidly spreading in the United States around February 23, 2020, a spike occurred in both covid-19 and unemployment searches.
It goes to say without a doubt that covid-19 is correlated to the increase of unemployment in the United States as there were hardly any searches for unemployment before the pandemic hit. On a brighter note, it seems as the country becomes accustomed to the pandemic, both covid-19 and unemployment searches seem to be trending down.