Google on Tuesday released the top searches within the United States for 2009; the results are surprising and interesting.
The top Google searches for senators show that people are more interested in reading about Democrats than Republicans -- only Chuck Grassley of Iowa at No. 9 made the list for the GOP. And it also shows that people are doing more searches for senators with key roles in legislation than for senators caught up in scandals.
No surprise, Ted Kennedy tops the Senate Google searches, as he died this year. Second on the Senate list is Nelson, but the Google people don't tell us if this search is for Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) or Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) or if the American public searching for Nelson even knows there are two of them.
The other most searched senators are: Boxer, Feinstein, Reid, Byrd, Dodd, Schumer, and Warner.
Although the top senators were searched for policy reasons, Google entertains us with a separate category called "Their 15 minutes."
Eight of the 10 on the list are politicians who faced embarrassing scandals or controversies in 2009. They are, in order: Mark Sanford, Rod Blagojevich, John Edwards, Silvio Berlusconi (Italian, but still a politician), Tom Daschle, John Ensign, Bill Richardson, and Charles Rangel.
Under the category of "fastest falling" -- as in searches that were most popular at the beginning of the year and fell fastest by the end -- John McCain topped the list, which makes sense, since his presidential bid ended in 2008. The end of the election also explains why Sarah Palin fell hard, coming in at No. 4, along with Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a presidential candidate last year, at No. 7.
Surprisingly, President Obama also made the top 10 falling list, at No. 4, so perhaps the Google searches are a barometer similar to public opinion polls, which show that Obama's approval ratings have slipped.
On the flip side, in the category of "fastest rising" searches, not one politician or news story made the list. Apparently searches for Lady Gaga and Farrah Fawcett rose faster than anyone or anything in Washington, D.C., this year. Guess that tells you what people care about in the rest of America.
In the category of top searches for "headline news" -- which is determined by Google -- eight of 10 are related to politics and issues: inauguration, Rush Limbaugh, Rod Blagojevich, Henry Louis Gates, California budget, Al Franken, Sonia Sotomayor, and Mark Sanford.
See the rest of the story at http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12/02/top-10-lists-of-google-searches-2009-dominated-by-democrats-but/
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The top Google searches for senators show that people are more interested in reading about Democrats than Republicans -- only Chuck Grassley of Iowa at No. 9 made the list for the GOP. And it also shows that people are doing more searches for senators with key roles in legislation than for senators caught up in scandals.
No surprise, Ted Kennedy tops the Senate Google searches, as he died this year. Second on the Senate list is Nelson, but the Google people don't tell us if this search is for Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) or Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) or if the American public searching for Nelson even knows there are two of them.
The other most searched senators are: Boxer, Feinstein, Reid, Byrd, Dodd, Schumer, and Warner.
Although the top senators were searched for policy reasons, Google entertains us with a separate category called "Their 15 minutes."
Eight of the 10 on the list are politicians who faced embarrassing scandals or controversies in 2009. They are, in order: Mark Sanford, Rod Blagojevich, John Edwards, Silvio Berlusconi (Italian, but still a politician), Tom Daschle, John Ensign, Bill Richardson, and Charles Rangel.
Under the category of "fastest falling" -- as in searches that were most popular at the beginning of the year and fell fastest by the end -- John McCain topped the list, which makes sense, since his presidential bid ended in 2008. The end of the election also explains why Sarah Palin fell hard, coming in at No. 4, along with Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a presidential candidate last year, at No. 7.
Surprisingly, President Obama also made the top 10 falling list, at No. 4, so perhaps the Google searches are a barometer similar to public opinion polls, which show that Obama's approval ratings have slipped.
On the flip side, in the category of "fastest rising" searches, not one politician or news story made the list. Apparently searches for Lady Gaga and Farrah Fawcett rose faster than anyone or anything in Washington, D.C., this year. Guess that tells you what people care about in the rest of America.
In the category of top searches for "headline news" -- which is determined by Google -- eight of 10 are related to politics and issues: inauguration, Rush Limbaugh, Rod Blagojevich, Henry Louis Gates, California budget, Al Franken, Sonia Sotomayor, and Mark Sanford.
See the rest of the story at http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12/02/top-10-lists-of-google-searches-2009-dominated-by-democrats-but/
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