The 5 most interesting Google Trends from day 2 of the first 2020 Democratic debates
Google Trends ranked the 10 candidates by search interest, with author Marianne Williamson being the most searched.
However, during the debate, Sen. Kamala Harris was the top trending topic in search 'on all of Google' in the United States.
Her spike in search followed her heated exchange with Biden on the topic of race in America.
.@KamalaHarris is actually the top trending topic in search on all of Google in the US right now
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) June 28, 2019Harris brought up the topic of busing during the debate, causing a surge in search of the topic by over 3,000%.
During the debate, Harris recalled her past as a "young California girl who was bussed to school" as part of the desegregation of public schools in the United States.
Searches for busing have spiked +3,150% since the issue was raised by @KamalaHarris #DemDebate2
More data: https://t.co/I0WiP7r7bt
These two maps show the most searched candidate in each state before and after the debate.
Harris began the night with one state and ended with more than half of the US searching her name.
Map: Before and after #DemDebate2
More data: https://t.co/I0WiP7r7bt pic.twitter.com/Wmf76znQSl
This live chart tracked the search interest of each of the candidates throughout the debate.
Former tech executive Andrew Yang started out the debate with the number one search interest, with Mayor Pete Buttigieg coming out on top by the end.
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