America , the Great Republic , is holding her election today . And her elector , you voter , are , uh , still frantically Googling to line up out who ’s runningfor President .
That’sa Google Trends chart above , showing how often people in the United States have searched for “ who is running for president ” . As you’re able to see , it ’s spiked heavy in the past calendar month , and again , higher still , in the past workweek . The election is today , for god ’s rice beer . “ Does anyone know who is running for president ? I HAVE TO GO suffrage ON IT TODAY . ” Et cetera .
Others are taking to Twitter :
So whose running for president this twelvemonth ?
— Austin Moylan ( @moylanator41)November 6 , 2012
Theorignal graphic floating aroundis even more horrifying , but it demonstrates the hunting term ’s popularity over 8 years , worldwide . Of naturally traffic is high in a more digitally integrate worldly concern in 2012 , and people will search for the terminal figure more than in 2008 and 2004 . Google ’s just giving now . But still . STILL . Look at the US - only , 12 - month chart here . It ’s still middling damn insane . Maybe theOnion has it right . [ Atlantic , BGR ]
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