{"id":5846,"date":"2025-06-09T19:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:18:11","slug":"google-trends-gauff-vs-alcaraz-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/google-trends-gauff-vs-alcaraz-political\/","title":{"rendered":"Google trends &#8211; Gauff vs. Alcaraz &#8211; political?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed a weird correlation today. Google trends today showed the below graphic displaying the search interest in the male and female French Open winners. What surprised me is how closely the interest followed political red\/blue state lines. If anyone has a theory as to why Republicans are more interested in Coco Gauff and Democrats in Carlos Alcaraz. Besides the obvious male\/female dichotomy, the other major differences are race (Gauff black, Alcaraz white) and nationality (Gauff USA, Alcaraz Spanish). I have my theories but I&#8217;ll refrain from spelling them out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5847\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tennis-399x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tennis-399x300.png 399w, https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tennis-624x469.png 624w, https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tennis.png 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed a weird correlation today. Google trends today showed the below graphic displaying the search interest in the male and female French Open winners. What surprised me is how closely the interest followed political red\/blue state lines. 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