{"id":5665,"date":"2024-08-21T20:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:51:51","slug":"google-trends-v-p-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/google-trends-v-p-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Trends – V.P. candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought it would be interesting to see who’s trending where of the two leading vice presidential candidates. In case you don’t know who they are, J.D. Vance is the Republican, Donald Trump’s running mate, and Tim Walz is the Democrat running mate of Kamala Harris. This map is from Google Trends and covers the last 30 days. The map colors are misleading because Vance is blue and Walz red, the opposite of the colors normally associated with the two parties.<\/p>\n

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Since Vance grew up in West Virginia and Ohio, geography explains some of his popularity in those blue-colored “red states.” Walz was less well-known than Vance until recently, which may explain why people all over are now curious about him. As for Arizona, Vance recently visited there, reportedly “to introduce himself to those voters.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought it would be interesting to see who’s trending where of the two leading vice presidential candidates. In case you don’t know who they are, J.D. Vance is the Republican, Donald Trump’s running mate, and Tim Walz is the Democrat running mate of Kamala Harris. 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