Google Zeitgeist Special Edition - Election 2004
Search patterns, trends, and surprises

As the last week before the election winds down, the search results for Google News offer a bit of insight into people's campaign interests.
 

 
We compared total searches by month for each candidate from January through September.

Searches for George Bush. Searches for John Kerry.
 
Between now and the end of the election, we'll publish daily lists of popular political queries from Google News. These lists represent the prior 24-hour period.
Popular Political Queries
October 27, 2004

     1. camilo mejia

     2. polls

     3. john kerry

     4. bill clinton

     5. iraq

     6. george bush

     7. margaret hassan

     8. pakistan

     9. richard nixon

   10. afghanistan

Popular Campaign Issues
October 28, 2004

     1. iraq

     2. halliburton

     3. stem cell research

     4. gay marriage

     5. global warming


Popular Political and Campaign Queries
October 29, 2004

     1. camilo mejia

     2. osama bin laden tape

     3. iraq

     4. john kerry

     5. iran

     6. george bush

     7. missing explosives

     8. halliburton

     9. azzam the american

   10. schilling-bush

Popular Campaign Issues
October 30, 2004

     1. iraq

     2. economy

     3. pollution

     4. stem cell research

     5. gay marriage

Popular Election-Related Queries - Oct. 31, 2004

     1. presidential polls

     2. zogby poll

     3. electoral college

     4. election polls

     5. florida election result 2004

Popular Election Eve Queries - November 1, 2004

     1. where to vote

     2. dixville notch

     3. presidential election
         lesson plan

     4. electoral college map

     5. importance of voting

     6. election predictions

     7. vice president election
         2004

     8. early voting

     9. swing states

   10. early voting results

Popular Media Queries
November 2, 2004

     1. cnn

     2. fox news

     3. msnbc

     4. bbc news

     5. new york times

     6. abc news

     7. washington post

     8. cbs news

     9. drudge report

   10. associated press


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