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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Election Googling Reveals 'Interesting' Things About American Voters

The New York Times Campaign Stops blog analyzed many of the political Google searches, which revealed some interesting [to say the least] things about many voters.  
  • 5,000 people a month ask about Mitt Romney's underwear
  • "Paul Ryan Shirtless" is nine times more popular a search than "Paul Ryan budget"
  • Red states are more likely to search for "Barack Hussein Obama" whereas blue states search more frequently for "Willard Mitt Romney"
  • 1 in 100 searches for Obama on election day in 2008 also included "KKK" or "nigger"
  • "Michelle Obama ugly" receives three times as many searches as "Michelle Obama beautiful"
Hmm...

Read the rest of the list here.